Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC in Middle Africa
Middle Africa: Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC was 9,280 1000 ha in 2022. ▲ Rising
Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC in Middle Africa, 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 Middle Africa is 9,280 1000 ha, measured in 2022. That is the highest value across all 31 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.7% on the previous year and up 19.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc in Middle Africa peaked at 9,280 1000 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 6,820 1000 ha, in 1992.
Middle Africa ranks 3rd of 20 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 31 years of available data.
Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC in Middle Africa, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 6,820 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 6,820 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 6,820 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 6,845 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 1996 | 6,890 1000 ha | +0.7% |
| 1997 | 6,896 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 1998 | 6,920 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 1999 | 7,016 1000 ha | +1.4% |
| 2000 | 7,389 1000 ha | +5.3% |
| 2001 | 7,441 1000 ha | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 7,445 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 7,443 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2004 | 7,461 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 7,456 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 7,484 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 7,498 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 7,550 1000 ha | +0.7% |
| 2009 | 7,579 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 7,597 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 7,676 1000 ha | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 7,737 1000 ha | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 7,753 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 7,818 1000 ha | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 7,818 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 7,916 1000 ha | +1.3% |
| 2017 | 7,960 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 8,442 1000 ha | +6.1% |
| 2019 | 8,854 1000 ha | +4.9% |
| 2020 | 8,888 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 9,124 1000 ha | +2.7% |
| 2022 | 9,280 1000 ha | +1.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 6,879 1000 ha | 6,820 1000 ha | 7,016 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 7,475 1000 ha | 7,389 1000 ha | 7,579 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,957 1000 ha | 7,597 1000 ha | 8,854 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 9,097 1000 ha | 8,888 1000 ha | 9,280 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Middle Africa
- 1 Australia and New Zealand 273,007 1000 ha compare
- 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
More environment data for Middle Africa
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -9.38 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -9.88 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.198 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.13 °C (2025)
- Wood fuel, coniferous — Production 0 m3 (2024)
- Roundwood, non-coniferous — Production 139.79 million m3 (2024)
- Wood fuel, non-coniferous — Production 122.87 million m3 (2024)
- Industrial roundwood — Production 16.92 million m3 (2024)
- Industrial roundwood — Import quantity 3,754 m3 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc in Middle Africa?
- Sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc in Middle Africa was 9,280 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 Middle Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 9,280 1000 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Middle Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,820 1000 ha in 1992.
- How does Middle Africa rank for sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc?
- Middle Africa ranks 3rd out of 20 groups with data for 2022.
- Is sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Middle Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Middle Africa 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.