Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea: Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS was 2.31 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in Papua New Guinea, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
In 2024, terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Papua New Guinea stood at 2.31 1000 ha.
That represents a change of up 28.3% on the previous year and down 28.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Papua New Guinea peaked at 6.97 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 1.8 1000 ha, in 2023.
That places Papua New Guinea 108th out of 223 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in Papua New Guinea, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 6.97 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 5.17 1000 ha | -25.8% |
| 2003 | 4.47 1000 ha | -13.5% |
| 2004 | 4.57 1000 ha | +2.2% |
| 2005 | 4.1 1000 ha | -10.3% |
| 2006 | 3.7 1000 ha | -9.8% |
| 2007 | 3.93 1000 ha | +6.2% |
| 2008 | 4.15 1000 ha | +5.6% |
| 2009 | 4.49 1000 ha | +8.2% |
| 2010 | 4.77 1000 ha | +6.2% |
| 2011 | 4.3 1000 ha | -9.9% |
| 2012 | 3.87 1000 ha | -10.0% |
| 2013 | 3.38 1000 ha | -12.7% |
| 2014 | 3.25 1000 ha | -3.8% |
| 2015 | 3.46 1000 ha | +6.5% |
| 2016 | 2.97 1000 ha | -14.2% |
| 2017 | 3.16 1000 ha | +6.4% |
| 2018 | 2.93 1000 ha | -7.3% |
| 2019 | 3.14 1000 ha | +7.2% |
| 2020 | 2.74 1000 ha | -12.7% |
| 2021 | 2.37 1000 ha | -13.5% |
| 2022 | 2.03 1000 ha | -14.3% |
| 2023 | 1.8 1000 ha | -11.3% |
| 2024 | 2.31 1000 ha | +28.3% |
Papua New Guinea compared with similar countries
- Papua New Guinea's 2.31 1000 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 20.37 1000 ha, 11% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Papua New Guinea's 2.31 1000 ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 2.25 1000 ha, 1.0× the median. (27 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 4.62 1000 ha | 3.7 1000 ha | 6.97 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 3.52 1000 ha | 2.93 1000 ha | 4.77 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.25 1000 ha | 1.8 1000 ha | 2.74 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Papua New Guinea
- 105 Marshall Islands 2.52 1000 ha compare
- 106 Republic of Korea 2.43 1000 ha compare
- 107 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 2.33 1000 ha compare
- 109 Cambodia 2.25 1000 ha compare
- 110 Dominican Republic 2.23 1000 ha compare
- 111 Gambia 1.95 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Papua New Guinea
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 1.56 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 2.24 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.183 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.834 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.9266 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate 0.6032 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Papua New Guinea?
- Terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Papua New Guinea was 2.31 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 Papua New Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 6.97 1000 ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest terrestrial barren land — area from modis recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.8 1000 ha in 2023.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank for terrestrial barren land — area from modis?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 108th out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is terrestrial barren land — area from modis rising or falling in Papua New Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 28.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Papua New Guinea 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.