What is the highest terrestrial barren land — area from modis recorded in United States Virgin Islands?

The highest recorded value was 0.88 1000 ha in 2001.

What is the lowest terrestrial barren land — area from modis recorded in United States Virgin Islands?

The lowest recorded value was 0.24 1000 ha in 2014.

How does United States Virgin Islands rank for terrestrial barren land — area from modis?

United States Virgin Islands ranks 166th out of 240 countries with data for 2024.

Is terrestrial barren land — area from modis rising or falling in United States Virgin Islands?

Over the last ten years it is up 16.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.

Where does this United States Virgin Islands 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.

Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in United States Virgin Islands

Name: Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in United States Virgin Islands
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)

United States Virgin Islands: Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS was 0.28 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)

0.28 1000 ha

Change on year

down 22.2%

World rank

166th

of 240 countries

All-time high

0.88 1000 ha

in 2001

All-time low

0.24 1000 ha

in 2014

Years of data

2001–2024

Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in United States Virgin Islands, 2001–2024

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.

Analysis

United States Virgin Islands recorded 0.28 1000 ha for terrestrial barren land — area from modis in 2024.

That represents a change of down 22.2% on the previous year and up 16.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, terrestrial barren land — area from modis in United States Virgin Islands peaked at 0.88 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 0.24 1000 ha, in 2014.

That places United States Virgin Islands 166th out of 240 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.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
2000s	0.5289 1000 ha	0.39 1000 ha	0.88 1000 ha	9
2010s	0.298 1000 ha	0.24 1000 ha	0.36 1000 ha	10
2020s	0.338 1000 ha	0.28 1000 ha	0.39 1000 ha	5

Countries ranked near United States Virgin Islands

164 British Virgin Islands 0.34 1000 ha compare
164 Rwanda 0.34 1000 ha compare
166 Antigua and Barbuda 0.28 1000 ha compare
166 Bermuda 0.28 1000 ha compare
166 Côte d'Ivoire 0.28 1000 ha compare
166 North Macedonia 0.28 1000 ha compare
166 Northern Mariana Islands 0.28 1000 ha compare

See the full ranking of 269 places →

More environment data for United States Virgin Islands

Total fisheries production 499.84 metric tons (2024)
Cropland — Share in Agricultural land 33.04 % (2024)
Cropland — Area 0.95 1000 ha (2024)
Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 0.31 1000 ha (2024)
Agricultural land — Share in Land area 8.28 % (2024)
Aquaculture production 6 metric tons (2024)
Agriculture — Area 2.88 1000 ha (2024)
Agricultural land — Area 2.88 1000 ha (2024)
Cropland — Share in Land area 2.74 % (2024)
Capture fisheries production 493.84 metric tons (2024)

All data for United States Virgin Islands →

Frequently asked questions

What is terrestrial barren land — area from modis in United States Virgin Islands?: Terrestrial barren land — area from modis in United States Virgin Islands was 0.28 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 States Virgin Islands?: The highest recorded value was 0.88 1000 ha in 2001.
What is the lowest terrestrial barren land — area from modis recorded in United States Virgin Islands?: The lowest recorded value was 0.24 1000 ha in 2014.
How does United States Virgin Islands rank for terrestrial barren land — area from modis?: United States Virgin Islands ranks 166th out of 240 countries with data for 2024.
Is terrestrial barren land — area from modis rising or falling in United States Virgin Islands?: Over the last ten years it is up 16.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this United States Virgin Islands 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: 12 August 2026

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.