Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia: Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS was 184,840 1000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat

Latest (2024)
184,840 1000 ha
Change on year
down 0.4%
World rank
4th
of 240 countries
All-time high
187,168 1000 ha
in 2009
All-time low
184,840 1000 ha
in 2024
Years of data
24
2001–2024

Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in Saudi Arabia, 2001–2024

050.0k100.0k150.0k200.0k2001201220242001: 186.1k 1000 ha2002: 186.3k 1000 ha2003: 186.7k 1000 ha2004: 186.7k 1000 ha2005: 186.8k 1000 ha2006: 186.9k 1000 ha2007: 186.9k 1000 ha2008: 187.1k 1000 ha2009: 187.2k 1000 ha2010: 187.2k 1000 ha2011: 187.0k 1000 ha2012: 187.1k 1000 ha2013: 187.0k 1000 ha2014: 186.8k 1000 ha2015: 186.8k 1000 ha2016: 186.7k 1000 ha2017: 186.7k 1000 ha2018: 186.5k 1000 ha2019: 186.0k 1000 ha2020: 186.1k 1000 ha2021: 186.1k 1000 ha2022: 186.2k 1000 ha2023: 185.5k 1000 ha2024: 184.8k 1000 ha

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.

Analysis

Saudi Arabia recorded 184,840 1000 ha for terrestrial barren land — area from modis in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.

The figure is down 0.4% on the previous year and down 1.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Saudi Arabia peaked at 187,168 1000 ha in 2009 and was at its lowest, 184,840 1000 ha, in 2024.

Saudi Arabia ranks 4th of 240 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 186,746 1000 ha 186,063 1000 ha 187,168 1000 ha 9
2010s 186,781 1000 ha 186,049 1000 ha 187,151 1000 ha 10
2020s 185,757 1000 ha 184,840 1000 ha 186,232 1000 ha 5

Countries ranked near Saudi Arabia

  1. 1 China 220,023 1000 ha compare
  2. 2 China, mainland 220,009 1000 ha compare
  3. 3 Algeria 211,868 1000 ha compare
  4. 5 Libya 158,782 1000 ha compare
  5. 6 Sudan (former) 113,270 1000 ha compare
  6. 7 Sudan 109,141 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Saudi Arabia?
Terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Saudi Arabia was 184,840 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 Saudi Arabia?
The highest recorded value was 187,168 1000 ha in 2009.
What is the lowest terrestrial barren land — area from modis recorded in Saudi Arabia?
The lowest recorded value was 184,840 1000 ha in 2024.
How does Saudi Arabia rank for terrestrial barren land — area from modis?
Saudi Arabia ranks 4th out of 240 countries with data for 2024.
Is terrestrial barren land — area from modis rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?
Over the last ten years it is down 1.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Saudi Arabia 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

Indicator
Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS
Unit
1000 ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
269 places, 6,390 data points, 2001–2024
Last refreshed

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.