What is the difference in tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc between Malta and Western Sahara?

1.22 1000 ha, with Malta ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Malta and Western Sahara?

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 Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Malta vs Western Sahara: Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC

Malta

1.73 1000 ha

in 2022

Western Sahara

0.51 1000 ha

in 2022

Malta rank

220th

Western Sahara rank

223rd

Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC over time

Malta
Western Sahara

How they compare

Malta currently reports 1.73 1000 ha against 0.51 1000 ha in Western Sahara, a difference of 1.22 1000 ha.

That makes Malta's figure about 3.4 times Western Sahara's.

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

Malta ranks 220th and Western Sahara ranks 223rd of 241 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Malta	Western Sahara	Difference	Ahead
1990s	1.31 1000 ha	0.1688 1000 ha	1.15 1000 ha	Malta
2000s	1.56 1000 ha	0.235 1000 ha	1.32 1000 ha	Malta
2010s	1.67 1000 ha	0.349 1000 ha	1.32 1000 ha	Malta
2020s	1.72 1000 ha	0.4833 1000 ha	1.24 1000 ha	Malta

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc, Malta or Western Sahara?: Malta, at 1.73 1000 ha against 0.51 1000 ha in Western Sahara as of 2022.
What is the difference in tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc between Malta and Western Sahara?: 1.22 1000 ha, with Malta ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Malta and Western Sahara?: 31 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2022.
How do Malta and Western Sahara rank globally for tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc?: Malta ranks 220th and Western Sahara ranks 223rd of 241 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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About this data

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: 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.