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 16th out of 29 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.
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
More environment data for Western Africa
- Agricultural land — Value of agricultural production (Int. $) per Area 486.46 USD_PPP/ha (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per capita 0.53 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 1.68 g/Int$ (2024)
- Country area — Area 614,753 1000 ha (2024)
- Land area — Area 606,405 1000 ha (2024)
- Agriculture — Area 298,420 1000 ha (2024)
- Agricultural land — Area 298,420 1000 ha (2024)
- Agricultural land — Share in Land area 49.21 % (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 33.2 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 99,061 1000 ha (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 16th out of 29 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.