Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in South Africa
South Africa: Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS was 1,954 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in South 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 South Africa is 1,954 1000 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.5% on the previous year and up 49.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, terrestrial barren land — area from modis in South Africa peaked at 2,749 1000 ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 1,232 1000 ha, in 2002.
South Africa ranks 45th of 218 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1,437 1000 ha | 1,232 1000 ha | 1,765 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 1,547 1000 ha | 1,282 1000 ha | 2,072 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,298 1000 ha | 1,954 1000 ha | 2,749 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near South Africa
More environment data for South Africa
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.275 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.05 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 1.18 million t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 2.03 million t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 30,837 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import quantity 7,586 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export value 272,220 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export quantity 385,631 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import value 516,696 1000 USD (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is terrestrial barren land — area from modis in South Africa?
- Terrestrial barren land — area from modis in South Africa was 1,954 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 South Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 2,749 1000 ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest terrestrial barren land — area from modis recorded in South Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,232 1000 ha in 2002.
- How does South Africa rank for terrestrial barren land — area from modis?
- South Africa ranks 45th out of 218 countries with data for 2024.
- Is terrestrial barren land — area from modis rising or falling in South Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 49.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this South 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.