Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in Tunisia
Tunisia: Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS was 9,557 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in Tunisia, 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 Tunisia stood at 9,557 1000 ha.
That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and up 5.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Tunisia peaked at 10,502 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 8,890 1000 ha, in 2018.
Tunisia ranks 34th of 223 countries on this measure, 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 Tunisia, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 10,502 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 10,415 1000 ha | -0.8% |
| 2003 | 9,742 1000 ha | -6.5% |
| 2004 | 9,335 1000 ha | -4.2% |
| 2005 | 9,348 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 9,203 1000 ha | -1.5% |
| 2007 | 9,099 1000 ha | -1.1% |
| 2008 | 9,217 1000 ha | +1.3% |
| 2009 | 9,104 1000 ha | -1.2% |
| 2010 | 9,198 1000 ha | +1.0% |
| 2011 | 9,107 1000 ha | -1.0% |
| 2012 | 9,076 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 9,148 1000 ha | +0.8% |
| 2014 | 9,095 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2015 | 9,077 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 9,144 1000 ha | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 9,043 1000 ha | -1.1% |
| 2018 | 8,890 1000 ha | -1.7% |
| 2019 | 8,918 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 9,000 1000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 9,183 1000 ha | +2.0% |
| 2022 | 9,427 1000 ha | +2.7% |
| 2023 | 9,565 1000 ha | +1.5% |
| 2024 | 9,557 1000 ha | -0.1% |
Tunisia compared with similar countries
- Tunisia's 9,557 1000 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 20.37 1000 ha, 469.2× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Tunisia's 9,557 1000 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 9,557 1000 ha, 1.0× the median. (21 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 9,552 1000 ha | 9,099 1000 ha | 10,502 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 9,070 1000 ha | 8,890 1000 ha | 9,198 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 9,346 1000 ha | 9,000 1000 ha | 9,565 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Tunisia
More environment data for Tunisia
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -14.25 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -6.62 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.421 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.02 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 2.34 % 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 -0.2204 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Tunisia?
- Terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Tunisia was 9,557 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 Tunisia?
- The highest recorded value was 10,502 1000 ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest terrestrial barren land — area from modis recorded in Tunisia?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,890 1000 ha in 2018.
- How does Tunisia rank for terrestrial barren land — area from modis?
- Tunisia ranks 34th out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is terrestrial barren land — area from modis rising or falling in Tunisia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Tunisia 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.