Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in Northern Africa
Northern Africa: Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS was 627,050 1000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in Northern Africa, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Northern Africa is 627,050 1000 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and up 0.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Northern Africa peaked at 636,716 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 623,446 1000 ha, in 2009.
Northern Africa ranks 3rd of 44 regions on this measure, in the top 10%.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 629,630 1000 ha | 623,446 1000 ha | 636,716 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 624,395 1000 ha | 623,764 1000 ha | 624,902 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 626,413 1000 ha | 624,253 1000 ha | 627,801 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Northern Africa
- 1 China, People's Republic of 220,023 1000 ha compare
- 2 China, mainland 220,009 1000 ha compare
- 3 Algeria 211,868 1000 ha compare
- 4 Saudi Arabia 184,840 1000 ha compare
- 5 Libya 158,782 1000 ha compare
- 6 Sudan (former) 113,270 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Northern Africa
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.281 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.61 °C (2025)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 864,000 t (2024)
- Recovered paper — Production 701,000 t (2024)
- Agricultural land — Value of agricultural production (Int. $) per Area 432.96 USD_PPP/ha (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per capita 0.84 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 2.41 g/Int$ (2024)
- Country area — Area 789,689 1000 ha (2024)
- Land area — Area 787,239 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Northern Africa?
- Terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Northern Africa was 627,050 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest terrestrial barren land — area from modis recorded in Northern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 636,716 1000 ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest terrestrial barren land — area from modis recorded in Northern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 623,446 1000 ha in 2009.
- How does Northern Africa rank for terrestrial barren land — area from modis?
- Northern Africa ranks 3rd out of 44 regions with data for 2024.
- Is terrestrial barren land — area from modis rising or falling in Northern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Northern Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT domain on Land Cover data under the Agri-Environmental Indicators section contains land cover information organized by the land cover classes of the international standard system for Environmental and Economic Accounting Central Framework (SEEA CF). The land cover information is compiled from publicly available Global Land Cover (GLC) maps: a) MODIS land cover types based on the Land Cover Classification System, LCCS; b) The European Spatial Agency (ESA) Climate Change Initiative (CCI) annual land cover maps produced by the Université catholique de Louvain (UCL)-Geomatics and now under the European Copernicus Program; c) The annual land cover maps which were produced under the European Copernicus Global Land Service (CGLS) (CGLS land cover, containing discrete land cover categorization), with spatial resolution 100m; and d) the WorldCover maps of the European Space Agency, produced at 10m resolution.