Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in Tonga
Tonga: Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS was 0.24 1000 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in Tonga, 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 Tonga is 0.24 1000 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 118.2% on the previous year and up 26.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Tonga peaked at 0.73 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 0.02 1000 ha, in 2021.
That places Tonga 161st out of 223 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in Tonga, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 0.73 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 0.45 1000 ha | -38.4% |
| 2003 | 0.32 1000 ha | -28.9% |
| 2004 | 0.36 1000 ha | +12.5% |
| 2005 | 0.32 1000 ha | -11.1% |
| 2006 | 0.28 1000 ha | -12.5% |
| 2007 | 0.32 1000 ha | +14.3% |
| 2008 | 0.41 1000 ha | +28.1% |
| 2009 | 0.36 1000 ha | -12.2% |
| 2010 | 0.26 1000 ha | -27.8% |
| 2011 | 0.34 1000 ha | +30.8% |
| 2012 | 0.24 1000 ha | -29.4% |
| 2013 | 0.24 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.19 1000 ha | -20.8% |
| 2015 | 0.21 1000 ha | +10.5% |
| 2016 | 0.17 1000 ha | -19.0% |
| 2017 | 0.21 1000 ha | +23.5% |
| 2018 | 0.19 1000 ha | -9.5% |
| 2019 | 0.09 1000 ha | -52.6% |
| 2020 | 0.13 1000 ha | +44.4% |
| 2021 | 0.02 1000 ha | -84.6% |
| 2022 | 0.06 1000 ha | +200.0% |
| 2023 | 0.11 1000 ha | +83.3% |
| 2024 | 0.24 1000 ha | +118.2% |
Tonga compared with similar countries
- Tonga's 0.24 1000 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2.38 1000 ha, 10% of the median. (52 countries reporting)
- Tonga's 0.24 1000 ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 2.25 1000 ha, 11% of the median. (27 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in Tonga changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | +200.0% | 0.02 1000 ha | 0.06 1000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.3944 1000 ha | 0.28 1000 ha | 0.73 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.214 1000 ha | 0.09 1000 ha | 0.34 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.112 1000 ha | 0.02 1000 ha | 0.24 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Tonga
- 158 Paraguay 0.26 1000 ha compare
- 158 Poland 0.26 1000 ha compare
- 158 Puerto Rico 0.26 1000 ha compare
- 161 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.24 1000 ha compare
- 161 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 0.24 1000 ha compare
- 161 Guam 0.24 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Tonga
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.234 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.858 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 3.06 % 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 0.1689 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e), annual 0 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Tonga?
- Terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Tonga was 0.24 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 Tonga?
- The highest recorded value was 0.73 1000 ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest terrestrial barren land — area from modis recorded in Tonga?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.02 1000 ha in 2021.
- How does Tonga rank for terrestrial barren land — area from modis?
- Tonga ranks 161st out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is terrestrial barren land — area from modis rising or falling in Tonga?
- Over the last ten years it is up 26.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Tonga 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.