Kazakhstan

Tajikistan

Uzbekistan

Turkmenistan

Afghanistan

Central Asia

Mongolia

China

East Asia

Iceland

Europe

Chile

Argentina

Bolivia

Ecuador

Peru

Latin America

Mauritania

None

Mexico

North America

India

Pakistan

South Asia

Western Sahara

Kuwait

United Arab Emirates

Algeria

Jordan

Lebanon

Morocco

Oman

Qatar

Tunisia

Egypt

Iraq

Israel

Palestine

Saudi Arabia

Iran

Libya

Syria

Yemen

Southwest Asia and North Africa

Angola

Djibouti

Namibia

Niger

Ethiopia

Kenya

Chad

Eritrea

Mali

Sudan

Somalia

Sub-Saharan Africa

<p>Barren or sparsely vegetated areas are highlighted in orange, including regions in northern Africa (Libya, Algeria), the Middle East, parts of Central Asia (Saudi Arabia), and the western coast of South America.</p>

<p>Areas with little or no vegetation</p>

Barren or Sparsely Vegetated Areas

World

Global Land Cover Facility

American Samoa (U.S.)

Australia

Cook Is. (New Zealand)

Fiji

French Polynesia (France)

Guam (U.S.)

Kiribati

Nauru

New Zealand

Niue (New Zealand)

Papua New Guinea

Samoa

Solomon Is.

St. Helena (U.K.)

Australia & Oceania

Antigua and Barbuda

Aruba (Neth.)

Bahamas

Barbados

Bermuda (U.K.)

British Virgin Is. (U.K.)

Caribbean Netherlands (Neth.)

Cayman Is. (U.K.)

Cuba

Dominica

Dominican Republic

Grenada

Haiti

Jamaica

Martinique (France)

Seychelles

St. Kitts and Nevis

St. Lucia

St. Vincent and the Grenadines

Trinidad and Tobago

Turks and Caicos Is. (U.K.)

U.S. Virgin Is. (U.S.)

Caribbean

Kyrgyzstan

Hong Kong S.A.R. (China)

Japan

Macau S.A.R. (China)

Nepal

North Korea

South Korea

Taiwan

Armenia

Azerbaijan

Georgia

Russia

Eurasia

Albania

Austria

Belarus

Belgium

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bulgaria

Croatia

Cyprus

Czechia

Denmark

Estonia

Finland

France

Germany

Gibraltar (U.K.)

Greece

Hungary

Ireland

Italy

Latvia

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Malta

Moldova

Montenegro

Montserrat (U.K.)

Netherlands

Northern Macedonia

Norway

Poland

Portugal

Romania

Serbia

Slovakia

Slovenia

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

Ukraine

United Kingdom

Belize

Brazil

Colombia

Costa Rica

El Salvador

French Guiana (France)

Guatemala

Guyana

Honduras

Nicaragua

Panama

Paraguay

Suriname

Uruguay

Venezuela

Antarctica

Faeroe Is. (Denmark)

Falkland Is. (U.K.)

Greenland (Denmark)

Guadeloupe (France)

Mauritius

New Caledonia (France)

Puerto Rico (U.S.)

Réunion (France)

São Tomé and Príncipe

Sint Maarten (Neth.)

St. Pierre and Miquelon (France)

Tonga

Vanuatu

Wallis and Futuna Is. (France)

Canada

United States

Bangladesh

Bhutan

Maldives

Sri Lanka

Brunei

Cambodia

Indonesia

Laos

Malaysia

Myanmar

Philippines

Singapore

Thailand

Timor-Leste

Vietnam

Southeast Asia

Bahrain

Barren or Sparsely Vegetated Areas	Natural Gas Production by Country
Barren or Sparsely Vegetated Areas	Class	Rank	Billion Cubic Feet


15.0%
19.4%

4.35%
6.73%
86.4%
1.42%
7.43%

84.6%
39.9%