Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in Southern Europe
Southern Europe: Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS was 459.96 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in Southern Europe, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Southern Europe recorded 459.96 1000 ha for terrestrial barren land — area from modis in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.3% on the previous year and up 0.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Southern Europe peaked at 561.86 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 447.58 1000 ha, in 2011.
That places Southern Europe 22nd out of 26 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in Southern Europe, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 561.86 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 501.81 1000 ha | -10.7% |
| 2003 | 485.99 1000 ha | -3.2% |
| 2004 | 490.67 1000 ha | +1.0% |
| 2005 | 494.18 1000 ha | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 477.47 1000 ha | -3.4% |
| 2007 | 476.76 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 481.47 1000 ha | +1.0% |
| 2009 | 475.01 1000 ha | -1.3% |
| 2010 | 462.78 1000 ha | -2.6% |
| 2011 | 447.58 1000 ha | -3.3% |
| 2012 | 457.96 1000 ha | +2.3% |
| 2013 | 455 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2014 | 458.29 1000 ha | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 449.08 1000 ha | -2.0% |
| 2016 | 448.77 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 451.64 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 453.72 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 455.79 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 464.64 1000 ha | +1.9% |
| 2021 | 466.41 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 462.77 1000 ha | -0.8% |
| 2023 | 454.13 1000 ha | -1.9% |
| 2024 | 459.96 1000 ha | +1.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 493.91 1000 ha | 475.01 1000 ha | 561.86 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 454.06 1000 ha | 447.58 1000 ha | 462.78 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 461.58 1000 ha | 454.13 1000 ha | 466.41 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Southern Europe
- 19 Republic of Moldova 0 1000 ha compare
- 19 Turkmenistan 29,870 1000 ha compare
- 19 Wallis and Futuna Islands 0 1000 ha
- 20 Iraq 29,036 1000 ha compare
- 21 Chile 27,842 1000 ha compare
- 22 Western Sahara 26,790 1000 ha compare
- 23 Argentina 23,169 1000 ha compare
- 24 Namibia 19,784 1000 ha compare
- 24 Caribbean 79.98 1000 ha compare
- 25 Cabo Verde 75.86 1000 ha compare
- 25 Kazakhstan 19,272 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Southern Europe
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -0.3167 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -0.1235 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.323 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.19 °C (2025)
- Roundwood — Production 73.08 million m3 (2024)
- Roundwood, non-coniferous — Production 48.29 million m3 (2024)
- Roundwood, coniferous — Production 24.80 million m3 (2024)
- Roundwood — Export value 783,078 1000 USD (2024)
- Roundwood — Export quantity 6.44 million m3 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Southern Europe?
- Terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Southern Europe was 459.96 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 Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 561.86 1000 ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest terrestrial barren land — area from modis recorded in Southern Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 447.58 1000 ha in 2011.
- How does Southern Europe rank for terrestrial barren land — area from modis?
- Southern Europe ranks 22nd out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is terrestrial barren land — area from modis rising or falling in Southern Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Southern Europe 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.