Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in Timor-Leste
Timor-Leste: Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS was 0.06 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in Timor-Leste, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
In 2024, terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Timor-Leste stood at 0.06 1000 ha. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
The figure is down 33.3% on the previous year and down 45.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Timor-Leste peaked at 0.17 1000 ha in 2003 and was at its lowest, 0.06 1000 ha, in 2024.
That places Timor-Leste 18th out of 20 countries 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 Timor-Leste, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 0.13 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 0.13 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.17 1000 ha | +30.8% |
| 2004 | 0.17 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.09 1000 ha | -47.1% |
| 2006 | 0.15 1000 ha | +66.7% |
| 2007 | 0.13 1000 ha | -13.3% |
| 2008 | 0.13 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.17 1000 ha | +30.8% |
| 2010 | 0.15 1000 ha | -11.8% |
| 2011 | 0.15 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.13 1000 ha | -13.3% |
| 2013 | 0.09 1000 ha | -30.8% |
| 2014 | 0.11 1000 ha | +22.2% |
| 2015 | 0.11 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.15 1000 ha | +36.4% |
| 2017 | 0.15 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.13 1000 ha | -13.3% |
| 2019 | 0.11 1000 ha | -15.4% |
| 2020 | 0.11 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.09 1000 ha | -18.2% |
| 2022 | 0.09 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.09 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 0.06 1000 ha | -33.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.1411 1000 ha | 0.09 1000 ha | 0.17 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.128 1000 ha | 0.09 1000 ha | 0.15 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.088 1000 ha | 0.06 1000 ha | 0.11 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Timor-Leste
- 15 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 2.94 1000 ha compare
- 15 Yemen 36,818 1000 ha compare
- 16 Micronesia (Federated States of) 0.49 1000 ha compare
- 16 Pakistan 33,071 1000 ha compare
- 17 Afghanistan 30,947 1000 ha compare
- 18 Oman 30,045 1000 ha compare
- 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
More environment data for Timor-Leste
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 4.85 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 4.82 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Temperature change 0.973 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.313 °C (2025)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Annual growth 2.93 % (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Annual growth 5.58 % (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Annual growth US$ 5.58 % (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Annual growth US$ 2.93 % (2024)
- Roundwood — Production 64,378 m3 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Timor-Leste?
- Terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Timor-Leste was 0.06 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 Timor-Leste?
- The highest recorded value was 0.17 1000 ha in 2003.
- What is the lowest terrestrial barren land — area from modis recorded in Timor-Leste?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.06 1000 ha in 2024.
- How does Timor-Leste rank for terrestrial barren land — area from modis?
- Timor-Leste ranks 18th out of 20 countries with data for 2024.
- Is terrestrial barren land — area from modis rising or falling in Timor-Leste?
- Over the last ten years it is down 45.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Timor-Leste 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.