Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC in Europe
Europe: Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC was 129,808 1000 ha in 2022. ▼ Falling
Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC in Europe, 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 Europe is 129,808 1000 ha, measured in 2022.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and down 0.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc in Europe peaked at 138,340 1000 ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 129,632 1000 ha, in 2020.
That places Europe 5th out of 26 groups with data for 2022, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 31 years of available data.
Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC in Europe, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 138,340 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 138,334 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1994 | 138,328 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1995 | 137,537 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 1996 | 137,483 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1997 | 137,289 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 1998 | 137,185 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 1999 | 136,552 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2000 | 135,138 1000 ha | -1.0% |
| 2001 | 134,522 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2002 | 134,185 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2003 | 133,737 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2004 | 132,457 1000 ha | -1.0% |
| 2005 | 132,302 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 132,052 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 131,602 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2008 | 130,992 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2009 | 130,516 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2010 | 130,448 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 130,367 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 130,370 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 130,341 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 130,010 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 130,071 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 129,881 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 129,771 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 129,788 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 129,747 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2020 | 129,632 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 129,702 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 129,808 1000 ha | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 137,631 1000 ha | 136,552 1000 ha | 138,340 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 132,750 1000 ha | 130,516 1000 ha | 135,138 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 130,079 1000 ha | 129,747 1000 ha | 130,448 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 129,714 1000 ha | 129,632 1000 ha | 129,808 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Europe
- 2 Australia 272,770 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
- 6 Argentina 47,600 1000 ha compare
- 6 Syrian Arab Republic 952.51 1000 ha compare
- 7 Mongolia 35,459 1000 ha compare
- 7 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 566.69 1000 ha compare
- 8 Greenland 26,943 1000 ha compare
- 8 Melanesia 548.93 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Europe
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -1.75 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -3.33 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.435 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.71 °C (2025)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 101.18 million t (2024)
- Recovered paper — Production 57.94 million t (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Production 94.14 million t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Production 73.33 million t (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per area of cropland 49.53 kg/ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc in Europe?
- Sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc in Europe was 129,808 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 Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 138,340 1000 ha in 1992.
- What is the lowest sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 129,632 1000 ha in 2020.
- How does Europe rank for sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc?
- Europe ranks 5th out of 26 groups with data for 2022.
- Is sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Europe 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.