Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in Yemen

Yemen: Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS was 36,818 1000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat

Latest (2024)
36,818 1000 ha
Change on year
down 0.8%
World rank
16th
of 240 countries
All-time high
38,621 1000 ha
in 2009
All-time low
36,818 1000 ha
in 2024
Years of data
24
2001–2024

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

010.0k20.0k30.0k40.0k2001201220242001: 38.5k 1000 ha2002: 38.5k 1000 ha2003: 38.6k 1000 ha2004: 38.6k 1000 ha2005: 38.5k 1000 ha2006: 38.5k 1000 ha2007: 38.5k 1000 ha2008: 38.6k 1000 ha2009: 38.6k 1000 ha2010: 38.5k 1000 ha2011: 38.4k 1000 ha2012: 38.5k 1000 ha2013: 38.5k 1000 ha2014: 38.5k 1000 ha2015: 38.5k 1000 ha2016: 38.3k 1000 ha2017: 38.2k 1000 ha2018: 38.3k 1000 ha2019: 38.1k 1000 ha2020: 37.7k 1000 ha2021: 37.5k 1000 ha2022: 37.3k 1000 ha2023: 37.1k 1000 ha2024: 36.8k 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 Yemen is 36,818 1000 ha, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.

That represents a change of down 0.8% on the previous year and down 4.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Yemen peaked at 38,621 1000 ha in 2009 and was at its lowest, 36,818 1000 ha, in 2024.

That places Yemen 16th out of 240 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 38,553 1000 ha 38,496 1000 ha 38,621 1000 ha 9
2010s 38,373 1000 ha 38,114 1000 ha 38,489 1000 ha 10
2020s 37,280 1000 ha 36,818 1000 ha 37,712 1000 ha 5

Countries ranked near Yemen

  1. 13 Chad 69,462 1000 ha compare
  2. 14 Mongolia 47,327 1000 ha compare
  3. 15 Canada 44,381 1000 ha compare
  4. 17 Pakistan 33,071 1000 ha compare
  5. 18 Afghanistan 30,947 1000 ha compare
  6. 19 Oman 30,045 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Yemen?
Terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Yemen was 36,818 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 Yemen?
The highest recorded value was 38,621 1000 ha in 2009.
What is the lowest terrestrial barren land — area from modis recorded in Yemen?
The lowest recorded value was 36,818 1000 ha in 2024.
How does Yemen rank for terrestrial barren land — area from modis?
Yemen ranks 16th out of 240 countries with data for 2024.
Is terrestrial barren land — area from modis rising or falling in Yemen?
Over the last ten years it is down 4.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Yemen 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.