Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS was 1.23 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 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 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland stood at 1.23 1000 ha. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
That represents a change of down 1.6% on the previous year and down 30.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, terrestrial barren land — area from modis in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland peaked at 6.1 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 1.23 1000 ha, in 2024.
That places United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 123rd out of 223 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 6.1 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 3.71 1000 ha | -39.2% |
| 2003 | 2.93 1000 ha | -21.0% |
| 2004 | 2.78 1000 ha | -5.1% |
| 2005 | 3.62 1000 ha | +30.2% |
| 2006 | 3.71 1000 ha | +2.5% |
| 2007 | 3.62 1000 ha | -2.4% |
| 2008 | 3.32 1000 ha | -8.3% |
| 2009 | 2.85 1000 ha | -14.2% |
| 2010 | 2.76 1000 ha | -3.2% |
| 2011 | 2.5 1000 ha | -9.4% |
| 2012 | 2.18 1000 ha | -12.8% |
| 2013 | 2.05 1000 ha | -6.0% |
| 2014 | 1.77 1000 ha | -13.7% |
| 2015 | 1.7 1000 ha | -4.0% |
| 2016 | 1.83 1000 ha | +7.6% |
| 2017 | 1.75 1000 ha | -4.4% |
| 2018 | 1.75 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 1.75 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 1.49 1000 ha | -14.9% |
| 2021 | 1.34 1000 ha | -10.1% |
| 2022 | 1.34 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 1.25 1000 ha | -6.7% |
| 2024 | 1.23 1000 ha | -1.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3.63 1000 ha | 2.78 1000 ha | 6.1 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 2 1000 ha | 1.7 1000 ha | 2.76 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.33 1000 ha | 1.23 1000 ha | 1.49 1000 ha | 5 |
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More environment data for United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.444 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.84 °C (2025)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 7.27 g/Int$ (2024)
- Agriculture — Area 17,107 1000 ha (2024)
- Land area — Area 24,193 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 43.06 1000 ha (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Agricultural Use 198,000 t (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity 253,433 t (2024)
- Country area — Area 24,361 1000 ha (2024)
All data for United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland →
Frequently asked questions
- What is terrestrial barren land — area from modis in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- Terrestrial barren land — area from modis in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland was 1.23 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 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- The highest recorded value was 6.1 1000 ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest terrestrial barren land — area from modis recorded in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.23 1000 ha in 2024.
- How does United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland rank for terrestrial barren land — area from modis?
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ranks 123rd out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is terrestrial barren land — area from modis rising or falling in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 30.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 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.