Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC in Australia and New Zealand

Australia and New Zealand: Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC was 273,007 1000 ha in 2022. ▬ Flat

Latest (2022)
273,007 1000 ha
Change on year
up 0.2%
World rank
1st
of 224 countries
All-time high
283,340 1000 ha
in 2012
All-time low
271,618 1000 ha
in 2020
Years of data
31
1992–2022

Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC in Australia and New Zealand, 1992–2022

0100.0k200.0k300.0k1992200720221992: 278.5k 1000 ha1993: 278.5k 1000 ha1994: 278.5k 1000 ha1995: 279.0k 1000 ha1996: 279.4k 1000 ha1997: 279.5k 1000 ha1998: 279.9k 1000 ha1999: 280.2k 1000 ha2000: 280.0k 1000 ha2001: 280.8k 1000 ha2002: 280.9k 1000 ha2003: 280.8k 1000 ha2004: 279.9k 1000 ha2005: 280.4k 1000 ha2006: 280.8k 1000 ha2007: 281.2k 1000 ha2008: 281.6k 1000 ha2009: 281.7k 1000 ha2010: 282.4k 1000 ha2011: 283.1k 1000 ha2012: 283.3k 1000 ha2013: 282.9k 1000 ha2014: 282.1k 1000 ha2015: 282.1k 1000 ha2016: 281.7k 1000 ha2017: 281.1k 1000 ha2018: 274.7k 1000 ha2019: 273.2k 1000 ha2020: 271.6k 1000 ha2021: 272.4k 1000 ha2022: 273.0k 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 Australia and New Zealand is 273,007 1000 ha, measured in 2022.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and down 3.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc in Australia and New Zealand peaked at 283,340 1000 ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 271,618 1000 ha, in 2020.

Australia and New Zealand ranks 1st of 224 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC in Australia and New Zealand, year by year

Annual values for Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC in Australia and New Zealand, 1992 to 2022.
Year 1000 ha Change
1992 278,516 1000 ha
1993 278,516 1000 ha +0.0%
1994 278,515 1000 ha -0.0%
1995 278,976 1000 ha +0.2%
1996 279,367 1000 ha +0.1%
1997 279,455 1000 ha +0.0%
1998 279,876 1000 ha +0.2%
1999 280,183 1000 ha +0.1%
2000 279,953 1000 ha -0.1%
2001 280,820 1000 ha +0.3%
2002 280,950 1000 ha +0.0%
2003 280,840 1000 ha -0.0%
2004 279,894 1000 ha -0.3%
2005 280,387 1000 ha +0.2%
2006 280,764 1000 ha +0.1%
2007 281,229 1000 ha +0.2%
2008 281,559 1000 ha +0.1%
2009 281,652 1000 ha +0.0%
2010 282,357 1000 ha +0.3%
2011 283,112 1000 ha +0.3%
2012 283,340 1000 ha +0.1%
2013 282,895 1000 ha -0.2%
2014 282,142 1000 ha -0.3%
2015 282,142 1000 ha +0.0%
2016 281,689 1000 ha -0.2%
2017 281,069 1000 ha -0.2%
2018 274,740 1000 ha -2.3%
2019 273,250 1000 ha -0.5%
2020 271,618 1000 ha -0.6%
2021 272,361 1000 ha +0.3%
2022 273,007 1000 ha +0.2%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 279,176 1000 ha 278,515 1000 ha 280,183 1000 ha 8
2000s 280,805 1000 ha 279,894 1000 ha 281,652 1000 ha 10
2010s 280,674 1000 ha 273,250 1000 ha 283,340 1000 ha 10
2020s 272,329 1000 ha 271,618 1000 ha 273,007 1000 ha 3

Countries ranked near Australia and New Zealand

  1. 2 Australia 272,770 1000 ha compare
  2. 3 Russian Federation 116,641 1000 ha compare
  3. 4 Canada 106,875 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 Australia and New Zealand?
Sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc in Australia and New Zealand was 273,007 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 Australia and New Zealand?
The highest recorded value was 283,340 1000 ha in 2012.
What is the lowest sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
The lowest recorded value was 271,618 1000 ha in 2020.
How does Australia and New Zealand rank for sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc?
Australia and New Zealand ranks 1st out of 224 countries with data for 2022.
Is sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Australia and New Zealand?
Over the last ten years it is down 3.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Australia and New Zealand 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.