Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC in Morocco

Morocco: Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC was 9,989 1000 ha in 2022. ▲ Rising

Latest (2022)
9,989 1000 ha
Change on year
up 0.9%
World rank
14th
of 241 countries
All-time high
9,989 1000 ha
in 2022
All-time low
8,753 1000 ha
in 1994
Years of data
31
1992–2022

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

02.0k4.0k6.0k8.0k10.0k1992200720221992: 8.8k 1000 ha1993: 8.8k 1000 ha1994: 8.8k 1000 ha1995: 8.8k 1000 ha1996: 8.8k 1000 ha1997: 8.8k 1000 ha1998: 8.9k 1000 ha1999: 8.9k 1000 ha2000: 9.0k 1000 ha2001: 9.2k 1000 ha2002: 9.3k 1000 ha2003: 9.3k 1000 ha2004: 9.4k 1000 ha2005: 9.5k 1000 ha2006: 9.5k 1000 ha2007: 9.6k 1000 ha2008: 9.7k 1000 ha2009: 9.6k 1000 ha2010: 9.6k 1000 ha2011: 9.6k 1000 ha2012: 9.6k 1000 ha2013: 9.6k 1000 ha2014: 9.6k 1000 ha2015: 9.6k 1000 ha2016: 9.6k 1000 ha2017: 9.6k 1000 ha2018: 9.7k 1000 ha2019: 9.7k 1000 ha2020: 9.8k 1000 ha2021: 9.9k 1000 ha2022: 10.0k 1000 ha

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 Morocco stood at 9,989 1000 ha. That is the highest value across all 31 years on record.

The figure is up 0.9% on the previous year and up 3.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc in Morocco peaked at 9,989 1000 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 8,753 1000 ha, in 1994.

Morocco ranks 14th of 241 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 31 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 8,802 1000 ha 8,753 1000 ha 8,898 1000 ha 8
2000s 9,415 1000 ha 9,015 1000 ha 9,700 1000 ha 10
2010s 9,645 1000 ha 9,611 1000 ha 9,733 1000 ha 10
2020s 9,883 1000 ha 9,759 1000 ha 9,989 1000 ha 3

Countries ranked near Morocco

  1. 11 Niger 15,018 1000 ha compare
  2. 12 Chile 13,131 1000 ha compare
  3. 13 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 11,917 1000 ha compare
  4. 15 Chad 9,225 1000 ha compare
  5. 16 Algeria 8,846 1000 ha compare
  6. 17 Sudan 8,342 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc in Morocco?
Sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc in Morocco was 9,989 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 Morocco?
The highest recorded value was 9,989 1000 ha in 2022.
What is the lowest sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Morocco?
The lowest recorded value was 8,753 1000 ha in 1994.
How does Morocco rank for sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc?
Morocco ranks 14th out of 241 countries with data for 2022.
Is sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Morocco?
Over the last ten years it is up 3.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Morocco 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.