Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC in Americas

Americas: Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC was 229,205 1000 ha in 2022. ▬ Flat

Latest (2022)
229,205 1000 ha
Change on year
up 0.2%
Rank
3rd
of 26 groups
All-time high
229,592 1000 ha
in 1992
All-time low
224,893 1000 ha
in 2009
Years of data
31
1992–2022

Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC in Americas, 1992–2022

050.0k100.0k150.0k200.0k250.0k1992200720221992: 229.6k 1000 ha1993: 229.6k 1000 ha1994: 229.6k 1000 ha1995: 228.8k 1000 ha1996: 228.7k 1000 ha1997: 228.4k 1000 ha1998: 228.2k 1000 ha1999: 227.3k 1000 ha2000: 226.8k 1000 ha2001: 226.2k 1000 ha2002: 225.9k 1000 ha2003: 225.7k 1000 ha2004: 225.5k 1000 ha2005: 225.3k 1000 ha2006: 225.2k 1000 ha2007: 225.0k 1000 ha2008: 225.1k 1000 ha2009: 224.9k 1000 ha2010: 225.2k 1000 ha2011: 225.5k 1000 ha2012: 225.8k 1000 ha2013: 225.9k 1000 ha2014: 226.1k 1000 ha2015: 226.3k 1000 ha2016: 226.5k 1000 ha2017: 226.5k 1000 ha2018: 227.1k 1000 ha2019: 228.2k 1000 ha2020: 228.4k 1000 ha2021: 228.9k 1000 ha2022: 229.2k 1000 ha

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

Analysis

The most recent figure for sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc in Americas is 229,205 1000 ha, measured in 2022.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 1.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc in Americas peaked at 229,592 1000 ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 224,893 1000 ha, in 2009.

That places Americas 3rd out of 26 groups with data for 2022, putting it in the top 10%.

Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC in Americas, year by year

Annual values for Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC in Americas, 1992 to 2022.
Year 1000 ha Change
1992 229,592 1000 ha —
1993 229,586 1000 ha -0.0%
1994 229,580 1000 ha -0.0%
1995 228,804 1000 ha -0.3%
1996 228,655 1000 ha -0.1%
1997 228,411 1000 ha -0.1%
1998 228,204 1000 ha -0.1%
1999 227,288 1000 ha -0.4%
2000 226,850 1000 ha -0.2%
2001 226,220 1000 ha -0.3%
2002 225,878 1000 ha -0.2%
2003 225,739 1000 ha -0.1%
2004 225,470 1000 ha -0.1%
2005 225,279 1000 ha -0.1%
2006 225,154 1000 ha -0.1%
2007 224,998 1000 ha -0.1%
2008 225,051 1000 ha +0.0%
2009 224,893 1000 ha -0.1%
2010 225,181 1000 ha +0.1%
2011 225,527 1000 ha +0.2%
2012 225,812 1000 ha +0.1%
2013 225,910 1000 ha +0.0%
2014 226,132 1000 ha +0.1%
2015 226,276 1000 ha +0.1%
2016 226,479 1000 ha +0.1%
2017 226,466 1000 ha -0.0%
2018 227,094 1000 ha +0.3%
2019 228,234 1000 ha +0.5%
2020 228,371 1000 ha +0.1%
2021 228,852 1000 ha +0.2%
2022 229,205 1000 ha +0.2%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 228,765 1000 ha 227,288 1000 ha 229,592 1000 ha 8
2000s 225,553 1000 ha 224,893 1000 ha 226,850 1000 ha 10
2010s 226,311 1000 ha 225,181 1000 ha 228,234 1000 ha 10
2020s 228,809 1000 ha 228,371 1000 ha 229,205 1000 ha 3

Countries ranked near Americas

  1. 1 Australia and New Zealand 273,007 1000 ha compare
  2. 2 Australia 272,770 1000 ha compare
  3. 2 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 11,917 1000 ha compare
  4. 3 Russian Federation 116,641 1000 ha compare
  5. 4 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 7,406 1000 ha compare
  6. 4 Canada 106,875 1000 ha compare
  7. 5 Kazakhstan 63,167 1000 ha compare
  8. 5 Türkiye 3,138 1000 ha compare
  9. 6 Argentina 47,600 1000 ha compare
  10. 6 Syrian Arab Republic 952.51 1000 ha compare

See the full ranking of 270 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc in Americas?
Sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc in Americas was 229,205 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 Americas?
The highest recorded value was 229,592 1000 ha in 1992.
What is the lowest sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Americas?
The lowest recorded value was 224,893 1000 ha in 2009.
How does Americas rank for sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc?
Americas ranks 3rd out of 26 groups with data for 2022.
Is sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Americas?
Over the last ten years it is up 1.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Americas 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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Indicator
Sparsely natural vegetated areas — 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
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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.