Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in Somalia
Somalia: Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS was 17,177 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in Somalia, 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 Somalia is 17,177 1000 ha, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.5% on the previous year and down 5.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Somalia peaked at 19,484 1000 ha in 2002 and was at its lowest, 17,177 1000 ha, in 2024.
Somalia ranks 28th of 223 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in Somalia, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 19,383 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 19,484 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 19,452 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2004 | 19,124 1000 ha | -1.7% |
| 2005 | 17,974 1000 ha | -6.0% |
| 2006 | 17,478 1000 ha | -2.8% |
| 2007 | 17,320 1000 ha | -0.9% |
| 2008 | 18,067 1000 ha | +4.3% |
| 2009 | 19,006 1000 ha | +5.2% |
| 2010 | 19,375 1000 ha | +1.9% |
| 2011 | 19,264 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2012 | 19,135 1000 ha | -0.7% |
| 2013 | 18,496 1000 ha | -3.3% |
| 2014 | 18,244 1000 ha | -1.4% |
| 2015 | 18,072 1000 ha | -0.9% |
| 2016 | 18,511 1000 ha | +2.4% |
| 2017 | 19,245 1000 ha | +4.0% |
| 2018 | 19,215 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 18,880 1000 ha | -1.7% |
| 2020 | 17,908 1000 ha | -5.2% |
| 2021 | 17,527 1000 ha | -2.1% |
| 2022 | 18,167 1000 ha | +3.6% |
| 2023 | 17,626 1000 ha | -3.0% |
| 2024 | 17,177 1000 ha | -2.5% |
Somalia compared with similar countries
- Somalia's 17,177 1000 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 19.19 1000 ha, 895.1× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Somalia's 17,177 1000 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 7.17 1000 ha, 2395.7× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 18,587 1000 ha | 17,320 1000 ha | 19,484 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 18,844 1000 ha | 18,072 1000 ha | 19,375 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 17,681 1000 ha | 17,177 1000 ha | 18,167 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Somalia
- 25 Cabo Verde 75.86 1000 ha compare
- 25 Kazakhstan 19,272 1000 ha compare
- 26 Côte d'Ivoire 0.28 1000 ha compare
- 26 Uzbekistan 18,946 1000 ha compare
- 27 Morocco 18,490 1000 ha compare
- 29 Greenland 15,130 1000 ha compare
- 30 Australia and New Zealand 13,850 1000 ha compare
- 31 Russian Federation 13,458 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Somalia
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -28.64 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -24.06 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.278 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.53 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.5029 % 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 -0.1376 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Somalia?
- Terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Somalia was 17,177 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 Somalia?
- The highest recorded value was 19,484 1000 ha in 2002.
- What is the lowest terrestrial barren land — area from modis recorded in Somalia?
- The lowest recorded value was 17,177 1000 ha in 2024.
- How does Somalia rank for terrestrial barren land — area from modis?
- Somalia ranks 28th out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is terrestrial barren land — area from modis rising or falling in Somalia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Somalia 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.