Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC in Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa: Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC was 8,144 1000 ha in 2022. ▬ Flat
Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC in Eastern Africa, 1992–2022
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 Eastern Africa stood at 8,144 1000 ha. That is the highest value across all 31 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.9% on the previous year and up 10.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc in Eastern Africa peaked at 8,144 1000 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 7,230 1000 ha, in 2007.
Eastern Africa ranks 18th of 26 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC in Eastern Africa, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 7,592 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 7,592 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1994 | 7,592 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1995 | 7,617 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 1996 | 7,618 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 7,614 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 1998 | 7,618 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 1999 | 7,683 1000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2000 | 7,576 1000 ha | -1.4% |
| 2001 | 7,455 1000 ha | -1.6% |
| 2002 | 7,440 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2003 | 7,442 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 7,272 1000 ha | -2.3% |
| 2005 | 7,262 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 7,253 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 7,230 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2008 | 7,277 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2009 | 7,314 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 7,321 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 7,370 1000 ha | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 7,404 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 7,471 1000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 7,504 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 7,504 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 7,521 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 7,543 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 7,801 1000 ha | +3.4% |
| 2019 | 7,895 1000 ha | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 7,907 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 8,073 1000 ha | +2.1% |
| 2022 | 8,144 1000 ha | +0.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 7,616 1000 ha | 7,592 1000 ha | 7,683 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 7,352 1000 ha | 7,230 1000 ha | 7,576 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,534 1000 ha | 7,321 1000 ha | 7,895 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 8,041 1000 ha | 7,907 1000 ha | 8,144 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Africa
- 15 South Africa 9,135 1000 ha compare
- 15 Timor-Leste 3.35 1000 ha compare
- 16 Algeria 8,846 1000 ha compare
- 16 Micronesia (Federated States of) 0.34 1000 ha compare
- 17 Republic of Moldova 0.19 1000 ha compare
- 17 Sudan 8,342 1000 ha compare
- 18 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0 1000 ha
- 18 Saudi Arabia 8,340 1000 ha compare
- 18 Wallis and Futuna Islands 0 1000 ha
- 19 Sudan (former) 6,628 1000 ha compare
- 20 Peru 6,397 1000 ha compare
- 21 Norway 6,386 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Eastern Africa
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -5.98 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -7.18 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.229 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.28 °C (2025)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Value US$, 2015 107,047 million USD (2024)
- Industrial roundwood — Export value 97,059 1000 USD (2024)
- Industrial roundwood, coniferous — Production 4.52 million m3 (2024)
- Wood charcoal — Production 17.47 million t (2024)
- Other industrial roundwood, non-coniferous (production) — Production 11.13 million m3 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc in Eastern Africa?
- Sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc in Eastern Africa was 8,144 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 Eastern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 8,144 1000 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,230 1000 ha in 2007.
- How does Eastern Africa rank for sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc?
- Eastern Africa ranks 18th out of 26 groups with data for 2022.
- Is sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Eastern Africa 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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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.