Terrastat: Country and Regional Land Resource Statistics

Terrastat contains country-level statistics on soil, terrain, climate, and agricultural land use limitations and potential. The data is sourced from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and is aggregated at country and regional levels. The dataset is hosted on the NASA Earthdata platform.

Use Cases

• Modeling agricultural yield potential based on soil and climate statistics.
• Assessing land use constraints for regional planning based on terrain and climatic limitations.
• Comparing national-level resource potential for cross-country analysis.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from the authoritative Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
• Covers multiple resource dimensions: soil, terrain, climate, and agricultural land use.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Collection Method

Aggregated country and regional statistics from FAO sources.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated: unknown

Geography

Country and regional level