Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC in Asia

Asia: Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC was 175,415 1000 ha in 2022. ▬ Flat

Latest (2022)
175,415 1000 ha
Change on year
up 1.1%
Rank
4th
of 29 groups
All-time high
177,759 1000 ha
in 1992
All-time low
167,475 1000 ha
in 2008
Years of data
31
1992–2022

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

050.0k100.0k150.0k200.0k1992200720221992: 177.8k 1000 ha1993: 177.8k 1000 ha1994: 177.7k 1000 ha1995: 177.3k 1000 ha1996: 176.9k 1000 ha1997: 176.3k 1000 ha1998: 175.8k 1000 ha1999: 174.0k 1000 ha2000: 170.5k 1000 ha2001: 169.2k 1000 ha2002: 168.4k 1000 ha2003: 168.0k 1000 ha2004: 168.4k 1000 ha2005: 167.9k 1000 ha2006: 167.6k 1000 ha2007: 167.6k 1000 ha2008: 167.5k 1000 ha2009: 167.5k 1000 ha2010: 167.7k 1000 ha2011: 168.0k 1000 ha2012: 168.1k 1000 ha2013: 168.0k 1000 ha2014: 168.0k 1000 ha2015: 168.0k 1000 ha2016: 168.4k 1000 ha2017: 168.6k 1000 ha2018: 170.0k 1000 ha2019: 171.7k 1000 ha2020: 172.0k 1000 ha2021: 173.5k 1000 ha2022: 175.4k 1000 ha

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 Asia stood at 175,415 1000 ha.

That represents a change of up 1.1% on the previous year and up 4.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc in Asia peaked at 177,759 1000 ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 167,475 1000 ha, in 2008.

Asia ranks 4th of 29 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 176,695 1000 ha 174,011 1000 ha 177,759 1000 ha 8
2000s 168,255 1000 ha 167,475 1000 ha 170,528 1000 ha 10
2010s 168,653 1000 ha 167,729 1000 ha 171,656 1000 ha 10
2020s 173,641 1000 ha 171,980 1000 ha 175,415 1000 ha 3

Countries ranked near Asia

  1. 1 Australia and New Zealand 273,007 1000 ha compare
  2. 2 Australia 272,770 1000 ha compare
  3. 3 Russian Federation 116,641 1000 ha compare
  4. 4 Canada 106,875 1000 ha compare
  5. 5 Kazakhstan 63,167 1000 ha compare
  6. 6 Argentina 47,600 1000 ha compare
  7. 7 Mongolia 35,459 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 Asia?
Sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc in Asia was 175,415 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 Asia?
The highest recorded value was 177,759 1000 ha in 1992.
What is the lowest sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Asia?
The lowest recorded value was 167,475 1000 ha in 2008.
How does Asia rank for sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc?
Asia ranks 4th out of 29 groups with data for 2022.
Is sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Asia?
Over the last ten years it is up 4.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Asia 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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About this data

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
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.