What is the difference in sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc between Central Asia and Niger?

54,893 1000 ha, with Central Asia ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Central Asia and Niger?

31 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2022.

Where does this data come from?

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Central Asia vs Niger: Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC

Central Asia

69,911 1000 ha

in 2022

Niger

15,018 1000 ha

in 2022

Central Asia rank

10th

Niger rank

11th

Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC over time

Central Asia
Niger

How they compare

Central Asia currently reports 69,911 1000 ha against 15,018 1000 ha in Niger, a difference of 54,893 1000 ha.

That makes Central Asia's figure about 4.7 times Niger's.

Across all 31 years both countries report, Central Asia has been ahead every year.

Central Asia ranks 10th and Niger ranks 11th of 29 groups.

Central Asia has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Central Asia	Niger	Difference	Ahead
1990s	72,472 1000 ha	12,544 1000 ha	59,927 1000 ha	Central Asia
2000s	68,027 1000 ha	12,676 1000 ha	55,351 1000 ha	Central Asia
2010s	69,201 1000 ha	13,546 1000 ha	55,655 1000 ha	Central Asia
2020s	69,648 1000 ha	14,801 1000 ha	54,847 1000 ha	Central Asia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc, Central Asia or Niger?: Central Asia, at 69,911 1000 ha against 15,018 1000 ha in Niger as of 2022.
What is the difference in sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc between Central Asia and Niger?: 54,893 1000 ha, with Central Asia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Central Asia and Niger?: 31 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2022.
How do Central Asia and Niger rank globally for sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc?: Central Asia ranks 10th and Niger ranks 11th of 29 groups.
Where does this data come from?: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator: Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC
Unit: 1000 ha
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage: 270 places, 8,231 data points, 1992–2022
Last refreshed: 12 August 2026

The FAOSTAT domain on Land Cover data under the Agri-Environmental Indicators section contains land cover information organized by the land cover classes of the international standard system for Environmental and Economic Accounting Central Framework (SEEA CF). The land cover information is compiled from publicly available Global Land Cover (GLC) maps: a) MODIS land cover types based on the Land Cover Classification System, LCCS; b) The European Spatial Agency (ESA) Climate Change Initiative (CCI) annual land cover maps produced by the Université catholique de Louvain (UCL)-Geomatics and now under the European Copernicus Program; c) The annual land cover maps which were produced under the European Copernicus Global Land Service (CGLS) (CGLS land cover, containing discrete land cover categorization), with spatial resolution 100m; and d) the WorldCover maps of the European Space Agency, produced at 10m resolution.