Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in Southern Asia
Southern Asia: Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS was 169,076 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in Southern Asia, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Southern Asia recorded 169,076 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 1.4% on the previous year and down 2.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Southern Asia peaked at 190,606 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 169,076 1000 ha, in 2024.
That places Southern Asia 7th out of 26 groups with data for 2024, putting it 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 Southern Asia, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 190,606 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 187,661 1000 ha | -1.5% |
| 2003 | 182,901 1000 ha | -2.5% |
| 2004 | 182,696 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 180,741 1000 ha | -1.1% |
| 2006 | 180,447 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 178,054 1000 ha | -1.3% |
| 2008 | 178,850 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 178,893 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 177,205 1000 ha | -0.9% |
| 2011 | 175,691 1000 ha | -0.9% |
| 2012 | 174,633 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2013 | 173,127 1000 ha | -0.9% |
| 2014 | 173,389 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 173,941 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 173,389 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 173,840 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 176,181 1000 ha | +1.3% |
| 2019 | 173,382 1000 ha | -1.6% |
| 2020 | 170,028 1000 ha | -1.9% |
| 2021 | 172,182 1000 ha | +1.3% |
| 2022 | 173,346 1000 ha | +0.7% |
| 2023 | 171,452 1000 ha | -1.1% |
| 2024 | 169,076 1000 ha | -1.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 182,317 1000 ha | 178,054 1000 ha | 190,606 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 174,478 1000 ha | 173,127 1000 ha | 177,205 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 171,217 1000 ha | 169,076 1000 ha | 173,346 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Southern Asia
- 4 Saudi Arabia 184,840 1000 ha compare
- 4 Syrian Arab Republic 9,568 1000 ha compare
- 5 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 5,919 1000 ha compare
- 5 Libya 158,782 1000 ha compare
- 6 Sudan (former) 113,270 1000 ha compare
- 6 Türkiye 452.23 1000 ha compare
- 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
- 10 Polynesia 16.24 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Southern Asia
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 0.4009 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 6.69 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.274 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.44 °C (2025)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 15.39 million t (2024)
- Recovered paper — Production 8.45 million t (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Production 24.03 million t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Production 18.27 million t (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per area of cropland 44.63 kg/ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Southern Asia?
- Terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Southern Asia was 169,076 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 Southern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 190,606 1000 ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest terrestrial barren land — area from modis recorded in Southern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 169,076 1000 ha in 2024.
- How does Southern Asia rank for terrestrial barren land — area from modis?
- Southern Asia ranks 7th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is terrestrial barren land — area from modis rising or falling in Southern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Southern Asia 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.