Grassland — Area from CCI_LC in Western Africa
Western Africa: Grassland — Area from CCI_LC was 62,263 1000 ha in 2022. ▬ Flat
Grassland — Area from CCI_LC in Western Africa, 1992–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Western Africa recorded 62,263 1000 ha for grassland — area from cci_lc in 2022. That is the lowest value across all 31 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.3% on the previous year and down 1.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, grassland — area from cci_lc in Western Africa peaked at 63,490 1000 ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 62,263 1000 ha, in 2022.
That places Western Africa 15th out of 26 groups with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.
Grassland — Area from CCI_LC in Western Africa, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 62,812 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 62,810 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1994 | 62,809 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1995 | 62,628 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 1996 | 62,655 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 62,655 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 62,660 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 62,638 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2000 | 62,818 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2001 | 62,830 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 62,892 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 62,907 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 63,093 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 63,096 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 63,093 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2007 | 63,082 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2008 | 63,005 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 63,111 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 63,070 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 63,230 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 63,408 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 63,452 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 63,490 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 63,490 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 63,459 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2017 | 63,378 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 63,090 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 62,657 1000 ha | -0.7% |
| 2020 | 62,648 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2021 | 62,436 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2022 | 62,263 1000 ha | -0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 62,708 1000 ha | 62,628 1000 ha | 62,812 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 62,993 1000 ha | 62,818 1000 ha | 63,111 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 63,272 1000 ha | 62,657 1000 ha | 63,490 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 62,449 1000 ha | 62,263 1000 ha | 62,648 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Western Africa
- 12 India 24,970 1000 ha compare
- 12 Syrian Arab Republic 490.79 1000 ha compare
- 13 Afghanistan 24,452 1000 ha compare
- 13 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 334.06 1000 ha compare
- 14 Republic of Moldova 185.86 1000 ha compare
- 14 South Africa 24,181 1000 ha compare
- 15 Sudan 23,947 1000 ha compare
- 15 Timor-Leste 161.06 1000 ha compare
- 16 Madagascar 21,696 1000 ha compare
- 16 Micronesia 71.11 1000 ha compare
- 17 Pakistan 18,978 1000 ha compare
- 17 Polynesia 55.59 1000 ha compare
- 18 Mexico 17,976 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Western Africa
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -6.69 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -6.59 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.311 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.37 °C (2025)
- Industrial roundwood — Export quantity 355,916 m3 (2024)
- Industrial roundwood, coniferous — Production 51,000 m3 (2024)
- Industrial roundwood — Import value 18,051 1000 USD (2024)
- Industrial roundwood — Import quantity 79,324 m3 (2024)
- Industrial roundwood — Production 20.68 million m3 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is grassland — area from cci_lc in Western Africa?
- Grassland — area from cci_lc in Western Africa was 62,263 1000 ha in 2022, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest grassland — area from cci_lc recorded in Western Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 63,490 1000 ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest grassland — area from cci_lc recorded in Western Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 62,263 1000 ha in 2022.
- How does Western Africa rank for grassland — area from cci_lc?
- Western Africa ranks 15th out of 26 groups with data for 2022.
- Is grassland — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Western Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Western Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Grassland — Area from CCI_LC. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.