Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC in Cyprus

Cyprus: Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC was 130.71 1000 ha in 2022. ▬ Flat

Latest (2022)
130.71 1000 ha
Change on year
down 0.1%
World rank
64th
of 241 countries
All-time high
134.4 1000 ha
in 2004
All-time low
130.71 1000 ha
in 2022
Years of data
31
1992–2022

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

0501001501992200720221992: 134 1000 ha1993: 134 1000 ha1994: 134 1000 ha1995: 134.3 1000 ha1996: 134.4 1000 ha1997: 134.4 1000 ha1998: 134.4 1000 ha1999: 134.3 1000 ha2000: 134.2 1000 ha2001: 134.2 1000 ha2002: 134.1 1000 ha2003: 134.2 1000 ha2004: 134.4 1000 ha2005: 134.3 1000 ha2006: 134.3 1000 ha2007: 134.3 1000 ha2008: 133.9 1000 ha2009: 133.8 1000 ha2010: 133.7 1000 ha2011: 132.7 1000 ha2012: 132.3 1000 ha2013: 132.3 1000 ha2014: 132.2 1000 ha2015: 132.1 1000 ha2016: 132 1000 ha2017: 132.1 1000 ha2018: 132.2 1000 ha2019: 131 1000 ha2020: 130.9 1000 ha2021: 130.8 1000 ha2022: 130.7 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 Cyprus stood at 130.71 1000 ha. That is the lowest value across all 31 years on record.

That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and down 1.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc in Cyprus peaked at 134.4 1000 ha in 2004 and was at its lowest, 130.71 1000 ha, in 2022.

That places Cyprus 64th out of 241 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 134.2 1000 ha 133.96 1000 ha 134.36 1000 ha 8
2000s 134.18 1000 ha 133.79 1000 ha 134.4 1000 ha 10
2010s 132.24 1000 ha 131.03 1000 ha 133.65 1000 ha 10
2020s 130.82 1000 ha 130.71 1000 ha 130.91 1000 ha 3

Countries ranked near Cyprus

  1. 61 Brazil 166.68 1000 ha compare
  2. 62 Burkina Faso 160.17 1000 ha compare
  3. 63 Philippines 156.49 1000 ha compare
  4. 65 Lebanon 123.17 1000 ha compare
  5. 66 Austria 120.02 1000 ha compare
  6. 67 Switzerland 117.89 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc in Cyprus?
Sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc in Cyprus was 130.71 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 Cyprus?
The highest recorded value was 134.4 1000 ha in 2004.
What is the lowest sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Cyprus?
The lowest recorded value was 130.71 1000 ha in 2022.
How does Cyprus rank for sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc?
Cyprus ranks 64th out of 241 countries with data for 2022.
Is sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Cyprus?
Over the last ten years it is down 1.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Cyprus 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.