Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in Uganda

Uganda: Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS was 8.87 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
8.87 1000 ha
Change on year
up 10.7%
World rank
98th
of 240 countries
All-time high
12.57 1000 ha
in 2009
All-time low
3.42 1000 ha
in 2002
Years of data
24
2001–2024

Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in Uganda, 2001–2024

46810122001201220242001: 3.5 1000 ha2002: 3.4 1000 ha2003: 4.4 1000 ha2004: 5.5 1000 ha2005: 6.8 1000 ha2006: 8.5 1000 ha2007: 9.3 1000 ha2008: 10.5 1000 ha2009: 12.6 1000 ha2010: 11.8 1000 ha2011: 11.1 1000 ha2012: 10.2 1000 ha2013: 9.9 1000 ha2014: 9.5 1000 ha2015: 9.6 1000 ha2016: 10 1000 ha2017: 10.9 1000 ha2018: 10 1000 ha2019: 9.4 1000 ha2020: 8.4 1000 ha2021: 7.9 1000 ha2022: 8.3 1000 ha2023: 8 1000 ha2024: 8.9 1000 ha

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 Uganda is 8.87 1000 ha, measured in 2024.

The figure is up 10.7% on the previous year and down 6.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Uganda peaked at 12.57 1000 ha in 2009 and was at its lowest, 3.42 1000 ha, in 2002.

That places Uganda 98th out of 240 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 7.16 1000 ha 3.42 1000 ha 12.57 1000 ha 9
2010s 10.23 1000 ha 9.42 1000 ha 11.77 1000 ha 10
2020s 8.3 1000 ha 7.86 1000 ha 8.87 1000 ha 5

Countries ranked near Uganda

  1. 95 Indonesia 12.72 1000 ha compare
  2. 96 Ukraine 12.65 1000 ha compare
  3. 97 Lebanon 10.97 1000 ha compare
  4. 99 Ghana 7.84 1000 ha compare
  5. 100 Micronesia 7.56 1000 ha compare
  6. 101 Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha 7.48 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Uganda?
Terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Uganda was 8.87 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 Uganda?
The highest recorded value was 12.57 1000 ha in 2009.
What is the lowest terrestrial barren land — area from modis recorded in Uganda?
The lowest recorded value was 3.42 1000 ha in 2002.
How does Uganda rank for terrestrial barren land — area from modis?
Uganda ranks 98th out of 240 countries with data for 2024.
Is terrestrial barren land — area from modis rising or falling in Uganda?
Over the last ten years it is down 6.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Uganda 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

Indicator
Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS
Unit
1000 ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
269 places, 6,390 data points, 2001–2024
Last refreshed

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.