Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands: Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS was 94.78 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, 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 Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands is 94.78 1000 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 18.2% on the previous year and up 13.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, terrestrial barren land — area from modis in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands peaked at 98.38 1000 ha in 2005 and was at its lowest, 80.18 1000 ha, in 2023.
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands ranks 68th of 223 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 South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 93.76 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 90.06 1000 ha | -3.9% |
| 2003 | 92.86 1000 ha | +3.1% |
| 2004 | 94.56 1000 ha | +1.8% |
| 2005 | 98.38 1000 ha | +4.0% |
| 2006 | 91.57 1000 ha | -6.9% |
| 2007 | 90.47 1000 ha | -1.2% |
| 2008 | 84.3 1000 ha | -6.8% |
| 2009 | 85.92 1000 ha | +1.9% |
| 2010 | 96.87 1000 ha | +12.7% |
| 2011 | 96.55 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 95.88 1000 ha | -0.7% |
| 2013 | 83.26 1000 ha | -13.2% |
| 2014 | 83.85 1000 ha | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 81.39 1000 ha | -2.9% |
| 2016 | 83.54 1000 ha | +2.6% |
| 2017 | 87.45 1000 ha | +4.7% |
| 2018 | 84.67 1000 ha | -3.2% |
| 2019 | 86.65 1000 ha | +2.3% |
| 2020 | 88.05 1000 ha | +1.6% |
| 2021 | 85.18 1000 ha | -3.3% |
| 2022 | 86.52 1000 ha | +1.6% |
| 2023 | 80.18 1000 ha | -7.3% |
| 2024 | 94.78 1000 ha | +18.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 91.32 1000 ha | 84.3 1000 ha | 98.38 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 88.01 1000 ha | 81.39 1000 ha | 96.87 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 86.94 1000 ha | 80.18 1000 ha | 94.78 1000 ha | 5 |
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More environment data for South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Temperature change 0.429 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.35 °C (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 3.08 Percentage change (2025)
- Exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 0.2512 Percentage change (2024)
- Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC 0 1000 ha (2022)
- Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from CCI_LC 270.93 1000 ha (2022)
- Mangroves — Area from CCI_LC 0 1000 ha (2022)
- Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC 2.06 1000 ha (2022)
- Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded 0 1000 ha (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is terrestrial barren land — area from modis in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands?
- Terrestrial barren land — area from modis in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands was 94.78 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 Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 98.38 1000 ha in 2005.
- What is the lowest terrestrial barren land — area from modis recorded in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 80.18 1000 ha in 2023.
- How does South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands rank for terrestrial barren land — area from modis?
- South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands ranks 68th out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is terrestrial barren land — area from modis rising or falling in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands 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.