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

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.

Areas with little or no vegetation

Barren or Sparsely Vegetated Areas

World

Global Land Cover Facility

Austria

Belgium

Bulgaria

Croatia

Cyprus

Czechia

Denmark

Estonia

Finland

France

Germany

Greece

Hungary

Ireland

Italy

Latvia

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Malta

Netherlands

Poland

Portugal

Romania

Slovakia

Slovenia

Spain

Sweden

A map shows the member countries of the European Union (E U) highlighted in dark blue. Notable countries include Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Iceland, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, and Greece.

Member states of the European Union (EU). Use timeline controls at bottom of map to display members by year of entrance into the EU.

Countries

European Union

European Union (EU)

Anthropogenic Biomes

Areas at Risk of Soil Degradation

Average Annual Precipitation

Biomes

Climate Zones

Global Mean Temperature, January

Global Mean Temperature, July

Global Surface Warming: Worst-Case Projections (NASA)

Insolation

Land Cover

Major Soil Orders

Prevailing Agricultural Practices

World Elevations

Display by:	Barren or Sparsely Vegetated Areas	European Union (EU)
	Barren or Sparsely Vegetated Areas	Value
	15.0%
	19.4%
	6.73%
	86.4%
	1.42%
	7.43%
	84.6%
	39.9%
	4.35%