Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC in Libya
Libya: Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC was 3,982 1000 ha in 2022. ▬ Flat
Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC in Libya, 1992–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Libya recorded 3,982 1000 ha for sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc in 2022. That is the highest value across all 31 years on record.
The figure is up 0.8% on the previous year and up 4.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc in Libya peaked at 3,982 1000 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 3,813 1000 ha, in 2001.
Libya ranks 29th of 245 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC in Libya, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 3,844 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 3,844 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1994 | 3,844 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1995 | 3,845 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 3,847 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 3,847 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1998 | 3,853 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 1999 | 3,843 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2000 | 3,845 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 3,813 1000 ha | -0.8% |
| 2002 | 3,855 1000 ha | +1.1% |
| 2003 | 3,856 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 3,856 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 3,854 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2006 | 3,853 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2007 | 3,855 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 3,853 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 3,838 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2010 | 3,836 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2011 | 3,836 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2012 | 3,828 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 3,827 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 3,822 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 3,822 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 3,854 1000 ha | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 3,860 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 3,882 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 3,895 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 3,899 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 3,951 1000 ha | +1.4% |
| 2022 | 3,982 1000 ha | +0.8% |
Libya compared with similar countries
- Libya's 3,982 1000 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 8.46 1000 ha, 470.6× the median. (52 countries reporting)
- Libya's 3,982 1000 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 425.86 1000 ha, 9.3× the median. (21 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3,846 1000 ha | 3,843 1000 ha | 3,853 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 3,848 1000 ha | 3,813 1000 ha | 3,856 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,846 1000 ha | 3,822 1000 ha | 3,895 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,944 1000 ha | 3,899 1000 ha | 3,982 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Libya
More environment data for Libya
- Grazing land use over the long-term, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Grazing land use over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0.0003 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Grazing land use over the long-term, per capita 1.78 hectares per person (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -35.17 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -10.37 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.386 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.4 °C (2025)
- Grazing land use over the long-term, per square kilometre 7.56 hectares per square kilometre (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.2239 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc in Libya?
- Sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc in Libya was 3,982 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 Libya?
- The highest recorded value was 3,982 1000 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Libya?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,813 1000 ha in 2001.
- How does Libya rank for sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc?
- Libya ranks 29th out of 245 countries with data for 2022.
- Is sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Libya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Libya 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.