Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC in Africa
Africa: Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC was 90,351 1000 ha in 2022. ▲ Rising
Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC in Africa, 1992–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
In 2022, sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc in Africa stood at 90,351 1000 ha. That is the highest value across all 31 years on record.
The figure is up 1.4% on the previous year and up 11.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc in Africa peaked at 90,351 1000 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 79,879 1000 ha, in 2004.
That places Africa 7th out of 26 groups with data for 2022, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 31 years of available data.
Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC in Africa, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 80,916 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 80,915 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1994 | 80,914 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1995 | 80,810 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 1996 | 80,852 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 80,798 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 1998 | 80,772 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1999 | 80,662 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2000 | 80,965 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 80,681 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 80,471 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2003 | 80,333 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2004 | 79,879 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2005 | 79,908 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 80,003 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 80,326 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 80,513 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 80,440 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 80,850 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 80,865 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 80,985 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 81,029 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 81,067 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 81,065 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 81,758 1000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 82,320 1000 ha | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 85,227 1000 ha | +3.5% |
| 2019 | 87,178 1000 ha | +2.3% |
| 2020 | 87,358 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 89,066 1000 ha | +2.0% |
| 2022 | 90,351 1000 ha | +1.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 80,830 1000 ha | 80,662 1000 ha | 80,916 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 80,352 1000 ha | 79,879 1000 ha | 80,965 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 82,234 1000 ha | 80,850 1000 ha | 87,178 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 88,925 1000 ha | 87,358 1000 ha | 90,351 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Africa
- 4 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 7,406 1000 ha compare
- 4 Canada 106,875 1000 ha compare
- 5 Kazakhstan 63,167 1000 ha compare
- 5 Türkiye 3,138 1000 ha compare
- 6 Argentina 47,600 1000 ha compare
- 6 Syrian Arab Republic 952.51 1000 ha compare
- 7 Mongolia 35,459 1000 ha compare
- 7 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 566.69 1000 ha compare
- 8 Greenland 26,943 1000 ha compare
- 8 Melanesia 548.93 1000 ha compare
- 9 China 25,339 1000 ha compare
- 9 United Republic of Tanzania 93.39 1000 ha compare
- 10 China, mainland 25,334 1000 ha compare
- 10 Polynesia 24.25 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Africa
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -7.12 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -7.93 Percentage change (2025)
- Temperature change 1.32 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.213 °C (2025)
- Primary wood and paper products (export/import) — Export value 5.54 million 1000 USD (2024)
- Roundwood, coniferous — Production 32.26 million m3 (2024)
- Roundwood — Export value 714,851 1000 USD (2024)
- Roundwood — Export quantity 3.78 million m3 (2024)
- Roundwood — Import value 182,147 1000 USD (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc in Africa?
- Sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc in Africa was 90,351 1000 ha in 2022, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 90,351 1000 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 79,879 1000 ha in 2004.
- How does Africa rank for sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc?
- Africa ranks 7th out of 26 groups with data for 2022.
- Is sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.