Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC in Australia

Australia: Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC was 272,770 1000 ha in 2022. ▬ Flat

Latest (2022)
272,770 1000 ha
Change on year
up 0.2%
World rank
2nd
of 241 countries
All-time high
283,137 1000 ha
in 2012
All-time low
271,382 1000 ha
in 2020
Years of data
31
1992–2022

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

0100.0k200.0k300.0k1992200720221992: 278.3k 1000 ha1993: 278.3k 1000 ha1994: 278.3k 1000 ha1995: 278.8k 1000 ha1996: 279.2k 1000 ha1997: 279.3k 1000 ha1998: 279.7k 1000 ha1999: 280.0k 1000 ha2000: 279.8k 1000 ha2001: 280.6k 1000 ha2002: 280.8k 1000 ha2003: 280.7k 1000 ha2004: 279.7k 1000 ha2005: 280.2k 1000 ha2006: 280.6k 1000 ha2007: 281.1k 1000 ha2008: 281.4k 1000 ha2009: 281.5k 1000 ha2010: 282.2k 1000 ha2011: 282.9k 1000 ha2012: 283.1k 1000 ha2013: 282.7k 1000 ha2014: 281.9k 1000 ha2015: 281.9k 1000 ha2016: 281.5k 1000 ha2017: 280.8k 1000 ha2018: 274.5k 1000 ha2019: 273.0k 1000 ha2020: 271.4k 1000 ha2021: 272.1k 1000 ha2022: 272.8k 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 is 272,770 1000 ha, measured in 2022.

The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and down 3.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc in Australia peaked at 283,137 1000 ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 271,382 1000 ha, in 2020.

That places Australia 2nd out of 241 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the top 10%.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 279,004 1000 ha 278,343 1000 ha 280,011 1000 ha 8
2000s 280,629 1000 ha 279,719 1000 ha 281,471 1000 ha 10
2010s 280,457 1000 ha 273,015 1000 ha 283,137 1000 ha 10
2020s 272,092 1000 ha 271,382 1000 ha 272,770 1000 ha 3

Countries ranked near Australia

  1. 1 Australia and New Zealand 273,007 1000 ha compare
  2. 3 Russian Federation 116,641 1000 ha compare
  3. 4 Canada 106,875 1000 ha compare
  4. 5 Kazakhstan 63,167 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?
Sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc in Australia was 272,770 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?
The highest recorded value was 283,137 1000 ha in 2012.
What is the lowest sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Australia?
The lowest recorded value was 271,382 1000 ha in 2020.
How does Australia rank for sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc?
Australia ranks 2nd out of 241 countries with data for 2022.
Is sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Australia?
Over the last ten years it is down 3.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Australia 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.