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
Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC in Australia, 1992–2022
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 224 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the top 10%.
Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC in Australia, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 278,344 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 278,344 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 278,343 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1995 | 278,804 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 1996 | 279,195 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 279,283 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 279,704 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 1999 | 280,011 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2000 | 279,780 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 280,648 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 280,778 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 280,666 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2004 | 279,719 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2005 | 280,211 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 280,588 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 281,052 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 281,380 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 281,471 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 282,169 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 282,919 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 283,137 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 282,684 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 281,925 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 281,925 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 281,458 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 280,835 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 274,505 1000 ha | -2.3% |
| 2019 | 273,015 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 271,382 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2021 | 272,124 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 272,770 1000 ha | +0.2% |
Australia compared with similar countries
- Australia's 272,770 1000 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 3.23 1000 ha, 84448.9× the median. (73 countries reporting)
- Australia's 272,770 1000 ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 3.79 1000 ha, 71971.0× the median. (27 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | 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 Australia and New Zealand 273,007 1000 ha compare
- 2 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 11,917 1000 ha compare
- 3 Russian Federation 116,641 1000 ha compare
- 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
More environment data for Australia
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -4.75 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -5.98 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.345 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.4 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate -1.03 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.6708 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate 0.0861 % change on previous year (2024)
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 224 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
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.