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
Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC in Morocco, 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 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 13th of 224 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 31 years of available data.
Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC in Morocco, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 8,754 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 8,753 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1994 | 8,753 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1995 | 8,772 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 1996 | 8,810 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 1997 | 8,828 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 1998 | 8,851 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 1999 | 8,898 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2000 | 9,015 1000 ha | +1.3% |
| 2001 | 9,196 1000 ha | +2.0% |
| 2002 | 9,276 1000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2003 | 9,298 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 9,446 1000 ha | +1.6% |
| 2005 | 9,456 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 9,478 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 9,649 1000 ha | +1.8% |
| 2008 | 9,700 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 9,641 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2010 | 9,631 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 9,629 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2012 | 9,627 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2013 | 9,625 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 9,611 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 9,611 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 9,633 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 9,642 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 9,711 1000 ha | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 9,733 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 9,759 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 9,901 1000 ha | +1.5% |
| 2022 | 9,989 1000 ha | +0.9% |
Morocco compared with similar countries
- Morocco's 9,989 1000 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 8.52 1000 ha, 1172.4× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Morocco's 9,989 1000 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 425.86 1000 ha, 23.5× the median. (21 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | 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
- 10 China, mainland 25,334 1000 ha compare
- 10 Polynesia 24.25 1000 ha compare
- 11 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 22.02 1000 ha compare
- 11 Niger 15,018 1000 ha compare
- 12 Chile 13,131 1000 ha compare
- 12 Micronesia 8.44 1000 ha compare
- 13 Viet Nam 6.22 1000 ha compare
- 14 Chad 9,225 1000 ha compare
- 14 Democratic Republic of the Congo 3.63 1000 ha compare
- 15 South Africa 9,135 1000 ha compare
- 15 Timor-Leste 3.35 1000 ha compare
- 16 Algeria 8,846 1000 ha compare
- 16 Micronesia (Federated States of) 0.34 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Morocco
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -19.84 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -12.62 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.521 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.14 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.3488 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate -1.54 % change on previous year (2024)
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 13th out of 224 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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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.