Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in Polynesia
Polynesia: Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS was 16.24 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in Polynesia, 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 Polynesia stood at 16.24 1000 ha.
The figure is up 47.2% on the previous year and up 17.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Polynesia peaked at 16.4 1000 ha in 2008 and was at its lowest, 11.03 1000 ha, in 2023.
Polynesia ranks 10th of 20 countries on this measure, 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 Polynesia, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 16.38 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 15.06 1000 ha | -8.1% |
| 2003 | 14.96 1000 ha | -0.7% |
| 2004 | 15.1 1000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 15.39 1000 ha | +1.9% |
| 2006 | 15.33 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2007 | 16.15 1000 ha | +5.3% |
| 2008 | 16.4 1000 ha | +1.5% |
| 2009 | 15.82 1000 ha | -3.5% |
| 2010 | 16.06 1000 ha | +1.5% |
| 2011 | 15.41 1000 ha | -4.0% |
| 2012 | 14.37 1000 ha | -6.7% |
| 2013 | 13.43 1000 ha | -6.5% |
| 2014 | 13.81 1000 ha | +2.8% |
| 2015 | 13.93 1000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 13.35 1000 ha | -4.2% |
| 2017 | 13.61 1000 ha | +1.9% |
| 2018 | 12.53 1000 ha | -7.9% |
| 2019 | 13.06 1000 ha | +4.2% |
| 2020 | 11.7 1000 ha | -10.4% |
| 2021 | 11.09 1000 ha | -5.2% |
| 2022 | 11.25 1000 ha | +1.4% |
| 2023 | 11.03 1000 ha | -2.0% |
| 2024 | 16.24 1000 ha | +47.2% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in Polynesia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | +47.2% | 11.03 1000 ha | 16.24 1000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 15.62 1000 ha | 14.96 1000 ha | 16.4 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 13.96 1000 ha | 12.53 1000 ha | 16.06 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 12.26 1000 ha | 11.03 1000 ha | 16.24 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Polynesia
- 7 Sudan 109,141 1000 ha compare
- 7 United Republic of Tanzania 76.57 1000 ha compare
- 8 Egypt 92,423 1000 ha compare
- 8 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 59.3 1000 ha compare
- 9 Niger 87,268 1000 ha compare
- 9 Viet Nam 26.84 1000 ha compare
- 10 Mauritania 87,105 1000 ha compare
- 11 Mali 73,085 1000 ha compare
- 11 Micronesia 7.56 1000 ha compare
- 12 Chad 69,462 1000 ha compare
- 12 Democratic Republic of the Congo 5.92 1000 ha compare
- 13 Lao People's Democratic Republic 5.69 1000 ha compare
- 13 Mongolia 47,327 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Polynesia
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -1.12 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -1.29 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.211 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.894 °C (2025)
- Cropland — Area per capita 0.17 ha/cap (2024)
- Land area — Area 794.6 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Land area 14.8 % (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Agricultural land 89.76 % (2024)
- Cropland — Area 117.57 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Polynesia?
- Terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Polynesia was 16.24 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 Polynesia?
- The highest recorded value was 16.4 1000 ha in 2008.
- What is the lowest terrestrial barren land — area from modis recorded in Polynesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.03 1000 ha in 2023.
- How does Polynesia rank for terrestrial barren land — area from modis?
- Polynesia ranks 10th out of 20 countries with data for 2024.
- Is terrestrial barren land — area from modis rising or falling in Polynesia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Polynesia 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.