Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC in Greece

Greece: Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC was 70.09 1000 ha in 2022. ▬ Flat

Latest (2022)
70.09 1000 ha
Change on year
up 0.1%
World rank
74th
of 241 countries
All-time high
73.8 1000 ha
in 1992
All-time low
69.79 1000 ha
in 2018
Years of data
31
1992–2022

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

0204060801992200720221992: 73.8 1000 ha1993: 73.8 1000 ha1994: 73.8 1000 ha1995: 73.4 1000 ha1996: 73.3 1000 ha1997: 73.1 1000 ha1998: 72.9 1000 ha1999: 71.7 1000 ha2000: 71.8 1000 ha2001: 71.8 1000 ha2002: 72.2 1000 ha2003: 72.6 1000 ha2004: 72.3 1000 ha2005: 72.1 1000 ha2006: 72 1000 ha2007: 71.8 1000 ha2008: 71.9 1000 ha2009: 71.9 1000 ha2010: 72 1000 ha2011: 72 1000 ha2012: 71.9 1000 ha2013: 71.9 1000 ha2014: 71.8 1000 ha2015: 71.8 1000 ha2016: 71.7 1000 ha2017: 71.1 1000 ha2018: 69.8 1000 ha2019: 69.8 1000 ha2020: 69.9 1000 ha2021: 70 1000 ha2022: 70.1 1000 ha

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.

Analysis

Greece recorded 70.09 1000 ha for sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc in 2022.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and down 2.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc in Greece peaked at 73.8 1000 ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 69.79 1000 ha, in 2018.

Greece ranks 74th of 241 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 73.21 1000 ha 71.66 1000 ha 73.8 1000 ha 8
2000s 72.02 1000 ha 71.75 1000 ha 72.59 1000 ha 10
2010s 71.39 1000 ha 69.79 1000 ha 71.99 1000 ha 10
2020s 69.98 1000 ha 69.86 1000 ha 70.09 1000 ha 3

Countries ranked near Greece

  1. 71 Djibouti 81.83 1000 ha compare
  2. 72 Nigeria 78.16 1000 ha compare
  3. 73 Israel 76.88 1000 ha compare
  4. 75 Mexico 65.22 1000 ha compare
  5. 76 French Southern Territories 61.27 1000 ha compare
  6. 77 Madagascar 61.04 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc in Greece?
Sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc in Greece was 70.09 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 Greece?
The highest recorded value was 73.8 1000 ha in 1992.
What is the lowest sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Greece?
The lowest recorded value was 69.79 1000 ha in 2018.
How does Greece rank for sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc?
Greece ranks 74th out of 241 countries with data for 2022.
Is sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Greece?
Over the last ten years it is down 2.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Greece 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.