Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in Western Sahara
Western Sahara: Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS was 26,790 1000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in Western Sahara, 2001–2024
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 Sahara is 26,790 1000 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Western Sahara peaked at 26,896 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 26,763 1000 ha, in 2020.
That places Western Sahara 23rd out of 240 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 26,854 1000 ha | 26,795 1000 ha | 26,896 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 26,787 1000 ha | 26,765 1000 ha | 26,799 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 26,779 1000 ha | 26,763 1000 ha | 26,790 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Sahara
More environment data for Western Sahara
- Arable land — Area 4 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Area 4 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Agricultural land 0.08 % (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Land area 0.02 % (2024)
- Cropland — Area per capita 0.01 ha/cap (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 18.8 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 5,000 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 99.92 % (2024)
- Agricultural land — Share in Land area 18.81 % (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 0.08 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Western Sahara?
- Terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Western Sahara was 26,790 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 Sahara?
- The highest recorded value was 26,896 1000 ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest terrestrial barren land — area from modis recorded in Western Sahara?
- The lowest recorded value was 26,763 1000 ha in 2020.
- How does Western Sahara rank for terrestrial barren land — area from modis?
- Western Sahara ranks 23rd out of 240 countries with data for 2024.
- Is terrestrial barren land — area from modis rising or falling in Western Sahara?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Western Sahara 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.