Herbaceous crops — Area from CCI_LC in Southern Europe

Southern Europe: Herbaceous crops — Area from CCI_LC was 40,265 1000 ha in 2022. ▼ Falling

Latest (2022)
40,265 1000 ha
Change on year
down 0.7%
Rank
22nd
of 29 groups
All-time high
43,051 1000 ha
in 1992
All-time low
40,265 1000 ha
in 2022
Years of data
31
1992–2022

Herbaceous crops — Area from CCI_LC in Southern Europe, 1992–2022

010.0k20.0k30.0k40.0k1992200720221992: 43.1k 1000 ha1993: 43.0k 1000 ha1994: 42.9k 1000 ha1995: 42.9k 1000 ha1996: 43.0k 1000 ha1997: 42.8k 1000 ha1998: 42.6k 1000 ha1999: 42.7k 1000 ha2000: 42.8k 1000 ha2001: 42.5k 1000 ha2002: 42.6k 1000 ha2003: 42.5k 1000 ha2004: 42.5k 1000 ha2005: 42.3k 1000 ha2006: 42.1k 1000 ha2007: 42.0k 1000 ha2008: 42.0k 1000 ha2009: 41.8k 1000 ha2010: 41.8k 1000 ha2011: 41.8k 1000 ha2012: 41.7k 1000 ha2013: 41.5k 1000 ha2014: 41.2k 1000 ha2015: 41.0k 1000 ha2016: 41.1k 1000 ha2017: 40.9k 1000 ha2018: 40.6k 1000 ha2019: 40.5k 1000 ha2020: 40.7k 1000 ha2021: 40.6k 1000 ha2022: 40.3k 1000 ha

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.

Analysis

In 2022, herbaceous crops — area from cci_lc in Southern Europe stood at 40,265 1000 ha. That is the lowest value across all 31 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.7% on the previous year and down 3.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, herbaceous crops — area from cci_lc in Southern Europe peaked at 43,051 1000 ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 40,265 1000 ha, in 2022.

Southern Europe ranks 22nd of 29 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 31 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 42,851 1000 ha 42,567 1000 ha 43,051 1000 ha 8
2000s 42,309 1000 ha 41,761 1000 ha 42,776 1000 ha 10
2010s 41,213 1000 ha 40,534 1000 ha 41,814 1000 ha 10
2020s 40,505 1000 ha 40,265 1000 ha 40,682 1000 ha 3

Countries ranked near Southern Europe

  1. 19 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 23,553 1000 ha compare
  2. 20 Thailand 22,147 1000 ha compare
  3. 21 Mali 21,298 1000 ha compare
  4. 22 Democratic Republic of the Congo 20,664 1000 ha compare
  5. 23 United Republic of Tanzania 20,495 1000 ha compare
  6. 24 Chad 18,726 1000 ha compare
  7. 25 Ethiopia 17,168 1000 ha compare

See the full ranking of 270 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is herbaceous crops — area from cci_lc in Southern Europe?
Herbaceous crops — area from cci_lc in Southern Europe was 40,265 1000 ha in 2022, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest herbaceous crops — area from cci_lc recorded in Southern Europe?
The highest recorded value was 43,051 1000 ha in 1992.
What is the lowest herbaceous crops — area from cci_lc recorded in Southern Europe?
The lowest recorded value was 40,265 1000 ha in 2022.
How does Southern Europe rank for herbaceous crops — area from cci_lc?
Southern Europe ranks 22nd out of 29 groups with data for 2022.
Is herbaceous crops — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Southern Europe?
Over the last ten years it is down 3.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Southern Europe data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Herbaceous crops — Area from CCI_LC. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
Herbaceous crops — 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.