Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC in Iraq
Iraq: Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC was 425.86 1000 ha in 2022. ▼ Falling
Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC in Iraq, 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 Iraq stood at 425.86 1000 ha.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 21.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc in Iraq peaked at 967.13 1000 ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 348.81 1000 ha, in 2015.
That places Iraq 53rd out of 241 countries 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 929.5 1000 ha | 818.03 1000 ha | 967.13 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 485.69 1000 ha | 359.04 1000 ha | 774.44 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 364.68 1000 ha | 348.81 1000 ha | 417.27 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 424.72 1000 ha | 423.13 1000 ha | 425.86 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Iraq
- 50 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 517.95 1000 ha compare
- 51 Finland 480.37 1000 ha compare
- 52 Papua New Guinea 432.43 1000 ha compare
- 54 Ethiopia 387.44 1000 ha compare
- 55 Kenya 355.58 1000 ha compare
- 56 United Arab Emirates 325.2 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Iraq
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 65.12 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 3,525 1000 ha (2024)
- Inland waters — Area 92 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 9.18 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 42.4 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 3,985 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 5.42 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 509.03 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 52.18 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 4,904 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc in Iraq?
- Sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc in Iraq was 425.86 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 Iraq?
- The highest recorded value was 967.13 1000 ha in 1992.
- What is the lowest sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Iraq?
- The lowest recorded value was 348.81 1000 ha in 2015.
- How does Iraq rank for sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc?
- Iraq ranks 53rd out of 241 countries with data for 2022.
- Is sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Iraq?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Iraq 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.