Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in Western Europe

Western Europe: Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS was 466.23 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
466.23 1000 ha
Change on year
up 0.2%
Rank
24th
of 29 groups
All-time high
499.14 1000 ha
in 2005
All-time low
465.24 1000 ha
in 2023
Years of data
24
2001–2024

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

01002003004005002001201220242001: 486.4 1000 ha2002: 484 1000 ha2003: 484.2 1000 ha2004: 495 1000 ha2005: 499.1 1000 ha2006: 492.4 1000 ha2007: 488.9 1000 ha2008: 485.1 1000 ha2009: 476.2 1000 ha2010: 480.4 1000 ha2011: 476.1 1000 ha2012: 475.8 1000 ha2013: 470.9 1000 ha2014: 468 1000 ha2015: 472.5 1000 ha2016: 473.5 1000 ha2017: 475.3 1000 ha2018: 475 1000 ha2019: 473.1 1000 ha2020: 472.3 1000 ha2021: 469.9 1000 ha2022: 467.7 1000 ha2023: 465.2 1000 ha2024: 466.2 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 Western Europe is 466.23 1000 ha, measured in 2024.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and down 0.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Western Europe peaked at 499.14 1000 ha in 2005 and was at its lowest, 465.24 1000 ha, in 2023.

Western Europe ranks 24th of 29 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

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

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 487.92 1000 ha 476.2 1000 ha 499.14 1000 ha 9
2010s 474.06 1000 ha 468.01 1000 ha 480.38 1000 ha 10
2020s 468.26 1000 ha 465.24 1000 ha 472.26 1000 ha 5

Countries ranked near Western Europe

  1. 21 Iraq 29,036 1000 ha compare
  2. 22 Chile 27,842 1000 ha compare
  3. 23 Western Sahara 26,790 1000 ha compare
  4. 24 Argentina 23,169 1000 ha compare
  5. 25 Namibia 19,784 1000 ha compare
  6. 26 Kazakhstan 19,272 1000 ha compare
  7. 27 Uzbekistan 18,946 1000 ha compare

See the full ranking of 269 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Western Europe?
Terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Western Europe was 466.23 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 Western Europe?
The highest recorded value was 499.14 1000 ha in 2005.
What is the lowest terrestrial barren land — area from modis recorded in Western Europe?
The lowest recorded value was 465.24 1000 ha in 2023.
How does Western Europe rank for terrestrial barren land — area from modis?
Western Europe ranks 24th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
Is terrestrial barren land — area from modis rising or falling in Western Europe?
Over the last ten years it is down 0.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Western Europe 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.