Iran (Islamic Republic of) vs Western Africa: Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC

Iran (Islamic Republic of)
3,127 1000 ha
in 2022
Western Africa
87,582 1000 ha
in 2022
Iran (Islamic Republic of) rank
12th
Western Africa rank
15th

Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC over time

  • Iran (Islamic Republic of)
  • Western Africa
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How they compare

Western Africa currently reports 87,582 1000 ha against 3,127 1000 ha in Iran (Islamic Republic of), a difference of 84,455 1000 ha.

That makes Western Africa's figure about 28.0 times Iran (Islamic Republic of)'s.

Across all 31 years both countries report, Western Africa has been ahead every year.

Iran (Islamic Republic of) ranks 12th and Western Africa ranks 15th of 20 countries.

Western Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Iran (Islamic Republic of) Western Africa Difference Ahead
1990s 3,160 1000 ha 79,084 1000 ha 75,924 1000 ha Western Africa
2000s 3,051 1000 ha 82,574 1000 ha 79,523 1000 ha Western Africa
2010s 3,076 1000 ha 83,891 1000 ha 80,814 1000 ha Western Africa
2020s 3,117 1000 ha 87,012 1000 ha 83,895 1000 ha Western Africa

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc, Iran (Islamic Republic of) or Western Africa?
Western Africa, at 87,582 1000 ha against 3,127 1000 ha in Iran (Islamic Republic of) as of 2022.
What is the difference in tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc between Iran (Islamic Republic of) and Western Africa?
84,455 1000 ha, with Western Africa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Iran (Islamic Republic of) and Western Africa?
31 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2022.
How do Iran (Islamic Republic of) and Western Africa rank globally for tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc?
Iran (Islamic Republic of) ranks 12th and Western Africa ranks 15th of 20 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Tree-covered 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
Tree-covered 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.