Land degradation

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Land degradation

Quality:

Land degradation - process in which the value of the biophysical environment is affected by a combination of human-induced processes acting upon the land. Article “Land degradation” in English Wikipedia has 76.9 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 57 references and 14 sections.

In this language version of Wikipedia the article has the best quality. Also, this article is the most popular in that (English) language version.

In June 2025 the article “Land degradation” was edited by 2 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 3 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Land degradation”, its content was written by 231 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 537 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 1089 times in English Wikipedia and cited 2888 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #16777 in July 2014
  • Global: #23826 in April 2014

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #36171 in December 2014
  • Global: #35978 in December 2014

There are 16 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2025 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1English (en)
Land degradation
76.8764
2Chinese (zh)
土地退化
63.0882
3Indonesian (id)
Degradasi lahan
57.0063
4German (de)
Bodendegradation
45.8199
5Spanish (es)
Degradación de la tierra
35.0793
6Ukrainian (uk)
Деградація земель
34.5237
7Catalan (ca)
Zona degradada
27.8481
8Azerbaijani (az)
Torpağın deqradasiyası
25.7797
9Vietnamese (vi)
Suy thoái đất
25.5338
10Persian (fa)
دگرگونی سرزمین
22.3294
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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

Most popular in all the time

The most popular language versions of the article "Land degradation" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Land degradation
2 376 947
2Spanish (es)
Degradación de la tierra
1 909 410
3German (de)
Bodendegradation
446 178
4Polish (pl)
Degradacja (geologia)
388 446
5Ukrainian (uk)
Деградація земель
275 616
6Indonesian (id)
Degradasi lahan
271 357
7Arabic (ar)
انحلال التربة
51 732
8Azerbaijani (az)
Torpağın deqradasiyası
19 705
9Chinese (zh)
土地退化
19 380
10Vietnamese (vi)
Suy thoái đất
16 188
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

Most popular in June 2025

The most popular language versions of the article "Land degradation" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Land degradation
4 382
2Spanish (es)
Degradación de la tierra
526
3German (de)
Bodendegradation
453
4Chinese (zh)
土地退化
203
5Indonesian (id)
Degradasi lahan
196
6Azerbaijani (az)
Torpağın deqradasiyası
133
7Ukrainian (uk)
Деградація земель
105
8Catalan (ca)
Zona degradada
64
9Arabic (ar)
انحلال التربة
60
10Vietnamese (vi)
Suy thoái đất
59
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

The highest AI

Language versions of the article "Land degradation" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Land degradation
231
2German (de)
Bodendegradation
95
3Spanish (es)
Degradación de la tierra
66
4Ukrainian (uk)
Деградація земель
38
5Polish (pl)
Degradacja (geologia)
27
6Arabic (ar)
انحلال التربة
17
7Catalan (ca)
Zona degradada
9
8Chinese (zh)
土地退化
9
9Azerbaijani (az)
Torpağın deqradasiyası
8
10Slovenian (sl)
Degradacija tal
8
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

The highest AI in June 2025

Language versions of the article "Land degradation" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Land degradation
2
2Indonesian (id)
Degradasi lahan
1
3Arabic (ar)
انحلال التربة
0
4Azerbaijani (az)
Torpağın deqradasiyası
0
5Catalan (ca)
Zona degradada
0
6German (de)
Bodendegradation
0
7Spanish (es)
Degradación de la tierra
0
8Basque (eu)
Zona degradatu
0
9Persian (fa)
دگرگونی سرزمین
0
10Polish (pl)
Degradacja (geologia)
0
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

The highest CI

Language versions of the article "Land degradation" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Land degradation
1 089
2Ukrainian (uk)
Деградація земель
334
3Arabic (ar)
انحلال التربة
330
4German (de)
Bodendegradation
322
5Spanish (es)
Degradación de la tierra
207
6Persian (fa)
دگرگونی سرزمین
205
7Chinese (zh)
土地退化
149
8Vietnamese (vi)
Suy thoái đất
67
9Catalan (ca)
Zona degradada
56
10Indonesian (id)
Degradasi lahan
42
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
انحلال التربة
azAzerbaijani
Torpağın deqradasiyası
caCatalan
Zona degradada
deGerman
Bodendegradation
enEnglish
Land degradation
esSpanish
Degradación de la tierra
euBasque
Zona degradatu
faPersian
دگرگونی سرزمین
idIndonesian
Degradasi lahan
plPolish
Degradacja (geologia)
slSlovenian
Degradacija tal
svSwedish
Jordförstöring
trTurkish
Arazi bozulması
ukUkrainian
Деградація земель
viVietnamese
Suy thoái đất
zhChinese
土地退化

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#36171
12.2014
Global:
#35978
12.2014

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#16777
07.2014
Global:
#23826
04.2014

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Land degradation from Wikipedia articles about Desertification, Soil contamination, Arable land, Soil erosion and Dust Bowl. Whereas reading the article about Land degradation people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Land management, Human impact on the environment, Natural disaster, Overgrazing and Desertification.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

List of Wikipedia articles in different languages (starting with the most popular):

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