Country/region Change of desertification area Study period Source
China (Eastern China) Desertified areas enlarged from 1.37 × 105 km2 to 3.85 × 105 km2 during 1950s to 2000 and decreased by 1.37 × 103 km2 from 2000 to 2010. In 2014, the desertified area in China was 2.16 × 106 km2.
1950-2000
(Zhang and Huisingh, 2018)
Myanmar (ASEAN)
The dryness region in Myanmar, the mean annual soil erosion rate in 2012 increased at three folds compare to 2000.
2000, 2012
(Tun et al., 2015)
Kazakhstan (Central Asia)
Since the 1960s, land desertification has increased 10–12%.
1960s-2000s
(Тokbergenova et al., 2018)
Kuwait (Western Asia)
From mid-1970s to mid-1990s, sandy desertification has expanded from 8,900 to 14,600 km2, with a mean annual loss being 285 km2.
middle 1970s- middle 1990s
(Al-Awadhi et al., 2003)
Cyprus (Western Asia)
Percentage of desertification-prone areas is likely to expand from 57% to 70.4% between 2008 and 2050.
2008-2050
(ClimateChangePost, 2018)
Turkey (western Asia)
Desertification may be accelerated in the future given a hotter, drier climate has been projected for Turkey.
21st century
(Bayram and Öztürk, 2014)
South Asia Most of the climate models projected a dry-season precipitation decline and monsoon precipitation increase in Southern Asia, which implies higher land degradation risk in the future. n/a (Ahren and Dobler, 2015)
Central Asia Under the RCP 8.5 scenario in IPCC report, which has found that Mid and North Central Asia and NW China (besides Xinjiang Province in China and the Mongolian Plateau) is likely to speed up desertification. 2006-2100 (Miao et al., 2015)
Hungary (Central and Eastern Europe)
Projected future climate change of increased temperature and decreased precipitation will further enhance the desertification in SE European countries.
n/a
(Kertész, 2016)