Iran (Islamic Republic of) vs South Africa: Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC

Iran (Islamic Republic of)
11,917 1000 ha
in 2022
South Africa
9,135 1000 ha
in 2022
Iran (Islamic Republic of) rank
2nd
South Africa rank
15th

Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC over time

  • Iran (Islamic Republic of)
  • South Africa
05.0k10.0k15.0k199220072022

How they compare

Iran (Islamic Republic of) currently reports 11,917 1000 ha against 9,135 1000 ha in South Africa, a difference of 2,782 1000 ha.

That makes Iran (Islamic Republic of)'s figure about 1.3 times South Africa's.

Across all 31 years both countries report, Iran (Islamic Republic of) has been ahead every year.

Iran (Islamic Republic of) ranks 2nd and South Africa ranks 15th of 20 countries.

Iran (Islamic Republic of) has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Iran (Islamic Republic of) South Africa Difference Ahead
1990s 16,166 1000 ha 9,366 1000 ha 6,800 1000 ha Iran (Islamic Republic of)
2000s 12,897 1000 ha 9,249 1000 ha 3,648 1000 ha Iran (Islamic Republic of)
2010s 11,567 1000 ha 9,166 1000 ha 2,401 1000 ha Iran (Islamic Republic of)
2020s 11,858 1000 ha 9,131 1000 ha 2,727 1000 ha Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc, Iran (Islamic Republic of) or South Africa?
Iran (Islamic Republic of), at 11,917 1000 ha against 9,135 1000 ha in South Africa as of 2022.
What is the difference in sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc between Iran (Islamic Republic of) and South Africa?
2,782 1000 ha, with Iran (Islamic Republic of) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Iran (Islamic Republic of) and South Africa?
31 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2022.
How do Iran (Islamic Republic of) and South Africa rank globally for sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc?
Iran (Islamic Republic of) ranks 2nd and South Africa ranks 15th of 20 countries.
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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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

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.