Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC in India

India: Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC was 540.38 1000 ha in 2022. ▬ Flat

Latest (2022)
540.38 1000 ha
Change on year
down 0.1%
World rank
49th
of 241 countries
All-time high
540.91 1000 ha
in 2020
All-time low
522.97 1000 ha
in 1994
Years of data
31
1992–2022

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

02004006001992200720221992: 523.1 1000 ha1993: 523 1000 ha1994: 523 1000 ha1995: 523.2 1000 ha1996: 523.2 1000 ha1997: 523.2 1000 ha1998: 523.5 1000 ha1999: 524.9 1000 ha2000: 526.5 1000 ha2001: 525.3 1000 ha2002: 524.5 1000 ha2003: 524.6 1000 ha2004: 524 1000 ha2005: 524 1000 ha2006: 524 1000 ha2007: 523.9 1000 ha2008: 525.1 1000 ha2009: 525.9 1000 ha2010: 525.6 1000 ha2011: 527 1000 ha2012: 528.6 1000 ha2013: 529 1000 ha2014: 528.6 1000 ha2015: 528.1 1000 ha2016: 529.6 1000 ha2017: 530.5 1000 ha2018: 536.3 1000 ha2019: 539.3 1000 ha2020: 540.9 1000 ha2021: 540.9 1000 ha2022: 540.4 1000 ha

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

Analysis

India recorded 540.38 1000 ha for sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc in 2022.

That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and up 2.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc in India peaked at 540.91 1000 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 522.97 1000 ha, in 1994.

That places India 49th out of 241 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the top quarter.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 523.39 1000 ha 522.97 1000 ha 524.89 1000 ha 8
2000s 524.77 1000 ha 523.9 1000 ha 526.48 1000 ha 10
2010s 530.27 1000 ha 525.61 1000 ha 539.33 1000 ha 10
2020s 540.73 1000 ha 540.38 1000 ha 540.91 1000 ha 3

Countries ranked near India

  1. 46 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 566.69 1000 ha compare
  2. 47 Colombia 550.57 1000 ha compare
  3. 48 Melanesia 548.93 1000 ha compare
  4. 50 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 517.95 1000 ha compare
  5. 51 Finland 480.37 1000 ha compare
  6. 52 Papua New Guinea 432.43 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 India?
Sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc in India was 540.38 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 India?
The highest recorded value was 540.91 1000 ha in 2020.
What is the lowest sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc recorded in India?
The lowest recorded value was 522.97 1000 ha in 1994.
How does India rank for sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc?
India ranks 49th out of 241 countries with data for 2022.
Is sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in India?
Over the last ten years it is up 2.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this India 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.