Grassland — Area from CCI_LC in Western Sahara
Western Sahara: Grassland — Area from CCI_LC was 0.7 1000 ha in 2022. ▲ Rising
Grassland — Area from CCI_LC in Western Sahara, 1992–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for grassland — area from cci_lc in Western Sahara is 0.7 1000 ha, measured in 2022. That is the highest value across all 31 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.9% on the previous year and up 22.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, grassland — area from cci_lc in Western Sahara peaked at 0.7 1000 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.47 1000 ha, in 1992.
Western Sahara ranks 207th of 224 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 31 years of available data.
Grassland — Area from CCI_LC in Western Sahara, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 0.47 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 0.47 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 0.48 1000 ha | +2.1% |
| 1995 | 0.48 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 0.49 1000 ha | +2.1% |
| 1997 | 0.49 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 0.5 1000 ha | +2.0% |
| 1999 | 0.5 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 0.51 1000 ha | +2.0% |
| 2001 | 0.51 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.51 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.52 1000 ha | +2.0% |
| 2004 | 0.52 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.53 1000 ha | +1.9% |
| 2006 | 0.53 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.54 1000 ha | +1.9% |
| 2008 | 0.54 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.55 1000 ha | +1.9% |
| 2010 | 0.55 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.56 1000 ha | +1.8% |
| 2012 | 0.57 1000 ha | +1.8% |
| 2013 | 0.59 1000 ha | +3.5% |
| 2014 | 0.61 1000 ha | +3.4% |
| 2015 | 0.61 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.61 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.61 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.61 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.67 1000 ha | +9.8% |
| 2020 | 0.67 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.68 1000 ha | +1.5% |
| 2022 | 0.7 1000 ha | +2.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.485 1000 ha | 0.47 1000 ha | 0.5 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 0.526 1000 ha | 0.51 1000 ha | 0.55 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.599 1000 ha | 0.55 1000 ha | 0.67 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.6833 1000 ha | 0.67 1000 ha | 0.7 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Western Sahara
- 204 Cook Islands 0.89 1000 ha compare
- 205 Cayman Islands 0.77 1000 ha compare
- 205 Niue 0.77 1000 ha compare
- 208 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.48 1000 ha compare
- 209 Norfolk Island 0.39 1000 ha compare
- 210 Dominica 0.37 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Western Sahara
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -62.29 Percentage change (2025)
- Temperature change 1.89 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.503 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -21.2 Percentage change (2025)
- Land area — Area 26,600 1000 ha (2024)
- Exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -52.95 Percentage change (2024)
- Country area — Area 26,600 1000 ha (2024)
- Pesticides (total) — Export value 37.78 1000 USD (2024)
- Pesticides (total) — Import value 62.35 1000 USD (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is grassland — area from cci_lc in Western Sahara?
- Grassland — area from cci_lc in Western Sahara was 0.7 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 Sahara?
- The highest recorded value was 0.7 1000 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest grassland — area from cci_lc recorded in Western Sahara?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.47 1000 ha in 1992.
- How does Western Sahara rank for grassland — area from cci_lc?
- Western Sahara ranks 207th out of 224 countries with data for 2022.
- Is grassland — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Western Sahara?
- Over the last ten years it is up 22.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Western Sahara 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.