Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in Sudan
Sudan: Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS was 109,141 1000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in Sudan, 2012–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Sudan recorded 109,141 1000 ha for terrestrial barren land — area from modis in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 13 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.8% on the previous year and down 2.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Sudan peaked at 113,076 1000 ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 109,141 1000 ha, in 2024.
Sudan ranks 7th of 223 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in Sudan, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 113,076 1000 ha | — |
| 2013 | 112,775 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2014 | 112,131 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2015 | 112,483 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 112,104 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 112,148 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 111,723 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 111,399 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 110,616 1000 ha | -0.7% |
| 2021 | 110,250 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2022 | 109,994 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 110,071 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 109,141 1000 ha | -0.8% |
Sudan compared with similar countries
- Sudan's 109,141 1000 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 19.19 1000 ha, 5687.4× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Sudan's 109,141 1000 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 7.17 1000 ha, 15221.9× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 112,230 1000 ha | 111,399 1000 ha | 113,076 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2020s | 110,014 1000 ha | 109,141 1000 ha | 110,616 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sudan
- 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
- 6 Türkiye 452.23 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 Sudan
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -15.6 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -15.35 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.327 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.21 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.2472 % 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 -0.03 % 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 Sudan?
- Terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Sudan was 109,141 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 Sudan?
- The highest recorded value was 113,076 1000 ha in 2012.
- What is the lowest terrestrial barren land — area from modis recorded in Sudan?
- The lowest recorded value was 109,141 1000 ha in 2024.
- How does Sudan rank for terrestrial barren land — area from modis?
- Sudan ranks 7th out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is terrestrial barren land — area from modis rising or falling in Sudan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Sudan 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.