Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC in Namibia
Namibia: Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC was 2,592 1000 ha in 2022. ▼ Falling
Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC in Namibia, 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 Namibia is 2,592 1000 ha, measured in 2022.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.8% on the previous year and up 1.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc in Namibia peaked at 4,828 1000 ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 2,527 1000 ha, in 2015.
That places Namibia 30th out of 224 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.
Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC in Namibia, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 4,828 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 4,828 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1994 | 4,828 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1995 | 4,790 1000 ha | -0.8% |
| 1996 | 4,767 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 1997 | 4,715 1000 ha | -1.1% |
| 1998 | 4,706 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 1999 | 4,617 1000 ha | -1.9% |
| 2000 | 4,412 1000 ha | -4.4% |
| 2001 | 4,282 1000 ha | -2.9% |
| 2002 | 4,154 1000 ha | -3.0% |
| 2003 | 4,088 1000 ha | -1.6% |
| 2004 | 3,662 1000 ha | -10.4% |
| 2005 | 3,588 1000 ha | -2.0% |
| 2006 | 3,412 1000 ha | -4.9% |
| 2007 | 3,336 1000 ha | -2.2% |
| 2008 | 3,133 1000 ha | -6.1% |
| 2009 | 2,897 1000 ha | -7.5% |
| 2010 | 2,799 1000 ha | -3.4% |
| 2011 | 2,582 1000 ha | -7.8% |
| 2012 | 2,552 1000 ha | -1.2% |
| 2013 | 2,541 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2014 | 2,527 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2015 | 2,527 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 2,546 1000 ha | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 2,546 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 2,543 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 2,555 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 2,566 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 2,571 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 2,592 1000 ha | +0.8% |
Namibia compared with similar countries
- Namibia's 2,592 1000 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 8.52 1000 ha, 304.2× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Namibia's 2,592 1000 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.42 1000 ha, 6171.9× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 4,760 1000 ha | 4,617 1000 ha | 4,828 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 3,696 1000 ha | 2,897 1000 ha | 4,412 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,572 1000 ha | 2,527 1000 ha | 2,799 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,576 1000 ha | 2,566 1000 ha | 2,592 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Namibia
More environment data for Namibia
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -2.99 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -1.14 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.319 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.979 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 2.32 % 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 4.07 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc in Namibia?
- Sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc in Namibia was 2,592 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 Namibia?
- The highest recorded value was 4,828 1000 ha in 1992.
- What is the lowest sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Namibia?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,527 1000 ha in 2015.
- How does Namibia rank for sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc?
- Namibia ranks 30th out of 224 countries with data for 2022.
- Is sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Namibia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Namibia 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.