Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC in Eastern Asia

Eastern Asia: Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC was 60,862 1000 ha in 2022. ▬ Flat

Latest (2022)
60,862 1000 ha
Change on year
up 1.2%
Rank
10th
of 26 groups
All-time high
60,862 1000 ha
in 2022
All-time low
57,102 1000 ha
in 2003
Years of data
31
1992–2022

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

020.0k40.0k60.0k1992200720221992: 57.4k 1000 ha1993: 57.4k 1000 ha1994: 57.4k 1000 ha1995: 57.4k 1000 ha1996: 57.4k 1000 ha1997: 57.4k 1000 ha1998: 57.3k 1000 ha1999: 57.4k 1000 ha2000: 57.4k 1000 ha2001: 57.3k 1000 ha2002: 57.1k 1000 ha2003: 57.1k 1000 ha2004: 57.3k 1000 ha2005: 57.2k 1000 ha2006: 57.3k 1000 ha2007: 57.3k 1000 ha2008: 57.3k 1000 ha2009: 57.4k 1000 ha2010: 57.4k 1000 ha2011: 57.4k 1000 ha2012: 57.4k 1000 ha2013: 57.3k 1000 ha2014: 57.3k 1000 ha2015: 57.3k 1000 ha2016: 57.5k 1000 ha2017: 57.6k 1000 ha2018: 58.4k 1000 ha2019: 59.1k 1000 ha2020: 59.4k 1000 ha2021: 60.1k 1000 ha2022: 60.9k 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 Eastern Asia is 60,862 1000 ha, measured in 2022. That is the highest value across all 31 years on record.

The figure is up 1.2% on the previous year and up 6.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc in Eastern Asia peaked at 60,862 1000 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 57,102 1000 ha, in 2003.

That places Eastern Asia 10th out of 26 groups with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.

Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC in Eastern Asia, year by year

Annual values for Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC in Eastern Asia, 1992 to 2022.
Year 1000 ha Change
1992 57,430 1000 ha —
1993 57,428 1000 ha -0.0%
1994 57,427 1000 ha -0.0%
1995 57,434 1000 ha +0.0%
1996 57,416 1000 ha -0.0%
1997 57,379 1000 ha -0.1%
1998 57,290 1000 ha -0.2%
1999 57,368 1000 ha +0.1%
2000 57,362 1000 ha -0.0%
2001 57,278 1000 ha -0.1%
2002 57,108 1000 ha -0.3%
2003 57,102 1000 ha -0.0%
2004 57,321 1000 ha +0.4%
2005 57,240 1000 ha -0.1%
2006 57,278 1000 ha +0.1%
2007 57,301 1000 ha +0.0%
2008 57,344 1000 ha +0.1%
2009 57,367 1000 ha +0.0%
2010 57,431 1000 ha +0.1%
2011 57,438 1000 ha +0.0%
2012 57,402 1000 ha -0.1%
2013 57,341 1000 ha -0.1%
2014 57,326 1000 ha -0.0%
2015 57,323 1000 ha -0.0%
2016 57,507 1000 ha +0.3%
2017 57,600 1000 ha +0.2%
2018 58,410 1000 ha +1.4%
2019 59,099 1000 ha +1.2%
2020 59,440 1000 ha +0.6%
2021 60,147 1000 ha +1.2%
2022 60,862 1000 ha +1.2%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 57,397 1000 ha 57,290 1000 ha 57,434 1000 ha 8
2000s 57,270 1000 ha 57,102 1000 ha 57,367 1000 ha 10
2010s 57,688 1000 ha 57,323 1000 ha 59,099 1000 ha 10
2020s 60,150 1000 ha 59,440 1000 ha 60,862 1000 ha 3

Countries ranked near Eastern Asia

  1. 7 Mongolia 35,459 1000 ha compare
  2. 7 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 566.69 1000 ha compare
  3. 8 Greenland 26,943 1000 ha compare
  4. 8 Melanesia 548.93 1000 ha compare
  5. 9 China 25,339 1000 ha compare
  6. 9 United Republic of Tanzania 93.39 1000 ha compare
  7. 10 China, mainland 25,334 1000 ha compare
  8. 10 Polynesia 24.25 1000 ha compare
  9. 11 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 22.02 1000 ha compare
  10. 11 Niger 15,018 1000 ha compare
  11. 12 Chile 13,131 1000 ha compare
  12. 12 Micronesia 8.44 1000 ha compare
  13. 13 Morocco 9,989 1000 ha compare
  14. 13 Viet Nam 6.22 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 Eastern Asia?
Sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc in Eastern Asia was 60,862 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 Asia?
The highest recorded value was 60,862 1000 ha in 2022.
What is the lowest sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Eastern Asia?
The lowest recorded value was 57,102 1000 ha in 2003.
How does Eastern Asia rank for sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc?
Eastern Asia ranks 10th out of 26 groups with data for 2022.
Is sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Eastern Asia?
Over the last ten years it is up 6.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Eastern Asia 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.