Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Western Africa
Western Africa: Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC was 44,073 1000 ha in 2022. ▼ Falling
Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Western Africa, 1992–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
In 2022, shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Western Africa stood at 44,073 1000 ha. That is the lowest value across all 31 years on record.
That represents a change of down 1.0% on the previous year and down 7.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Western Africa peaked at 60,610 1000 ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 44,073 1000 ha, in 2022.
That places Western Africa 13th out of 26 groups with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 31 years of available data.
Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Western Africa, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 60,610 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 60,608 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1994 | 60,606 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1995 | 59,860 1000 ha | -1.2% |
| 1996 | 59,140 1000 ha | -1.2% |
| 1997 | 58,430 1000 ha | -1.2% |
| 1998 | 57,783 1000 ha | -1.1% |
| 1999 | 55,954 1000 ha | -3.2% |
| 2000 | 53,600 1000 ha | -4.2% |
| 2001 | 52,779 1000 ha | -1.5% |
| 2002 | 52,069 1000 ha | -1.3% |
| 2003 | 51,656 1000 ha | -0.8% |
| 2004 | 50,190 1000 ha | -2.8% |
| 2005 | 49,953 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2006 | 49,748 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2007 | 49,258 1000 ha | -1.0% |
| 2008 | 48,790 1000 ha | -0.9% |
| 2009 | 48,391 1000 ha | -0.8% |
| 2010 | 48,227 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2011 | 47,888 1000 ha | -0.7% |
| 2012 | 47,703 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2013 | 47,572 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2014 | 47,282 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2015 | 47,276 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 46,943 1000 ha | -0.7% |
| 2017 | 46,718 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 46,058 1000 ha | -1.4% |
| 2019 | 45,064 1000 ha | -2.2% |
| 2020 | 44,912 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2021 | 44,524 1000 ha | -0.9% |
| 2022 | 44,073 1000 ha | -1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 59,124 1000 ha | 55,954 1000 ha | 60,610 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 50,643 1000 ha | 48,391 1000 ha | 53,600 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 47,073 1000 ha | 45,064 1000 ha | 48,227 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 44,503 1000 ha | 44,073 1000 ha | 44,912 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Western Africa
- 10 Sudan (former) 45,490 1000 ha compare
- 10 Viet Nam 5,809 1000 ha compare
- 11 Botswana 44,738 1000 ha compare
- 11 Melanesia 907.08 1000 ha compare
- 12 Somalia 36,754 1000 ha compare
- 12 Syrian Arab Republic 236.79 1000 ha compare
- 13 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 136.42 1000 ha compare
- 13 South Sudan 28,213 1000 ha compare
- 14 China 23,500 1000 ha compare
- 14 Timor-Leste 117.49 1000 ha compare
- 15 China, mainland 23,458 1000 ha compare
- 15 Polynesia 41.12 1000 ha compare
- 16 Angola 23,151 1000 ha compare
- 16 Republic of Moldova 8.15 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 shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Western Africa?
- Shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Western Africa was 44,073 1000 ha in 2022, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Western Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 60,610 1000 ha in 1992.
- What is the lowest shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Western Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 44,073 1000 ha in 2022.
- How does Western Africa rank for shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc?
- Western Africa ranks 13th out of 26 groups with data for 2022.
- Is shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Western Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Western Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Shrub-covered areas — 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.