Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC in Niger
Niger: Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC was 15,018 1000 ha in 2022. ▲ Rising
Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC in Niger, 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 Niger is 15,018 1000 ha, measured in 2022. That is the highest value across all 31 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.5% on the previous year and up 12.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc in Niger peaked at 15,018 1000 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 12,412 1000 ha, in 2003.
That places Niger 11th out of 224 countries with data for 2022, putting it 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 Niger, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 12,561 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 12,561 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 12,561 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 12,585 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 1996 | 12,564 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 1997 | 12,569 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 12,486 1000 ha | -0.7% |
| 1999 | 12,465 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2000 | 12,486 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2001 | 12,484 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2002 | 12,436 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2003 | 12,412 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2004 | 12,504 1000 ha | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 12,652 1000 ha | +1.2% |
| 2006 | 12,714 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 12,917 1000 ha | +1.6% |
| 2008 | 13,067 1000 ha | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 13,091 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 13,171 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 13,229 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 13,306 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 13,311 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 13,313 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 13,313 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 13,500 1000 ha | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 13,624 1000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 14,121 1000 ha | +3.6% |
| 2019 | 14,574 1000 ha | +3.2% |
| 2020 | 14,594 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 14,792 1000 ha | +1.4% |
| 2022 | 15,018 1000 ha | +1.5% |
Niger compared with similar countries
- Niger's 15,018 1000 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 53.22 1000 ha, 282.2× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Niger's 15,018 1000 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.42 1000 ha, 35756.2× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 12,544 1000 ha | 12,465 1000 ha | 12,585 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 12,676 1000 ha | 12,412 1000 ha | 13,091 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 13,546 1000 ha | 13,171 1000 ha | 14,574 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 14,801 1000 ha | 14,594 1000 ha | 15,018 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Niger
- 8 Greenland 26,943 1000 ha compare
- 8 Melanesia 548.93 1000 ha compare
- 9 China 25,339 1000 ha compare
- 9 United Republic of Tanzania 93.39 1000 ha compare
- 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
- 12 Chile 13,131 1000 ha compare
- 12 Micronesia 8.44 1000 ha compare
- 13 Morocco 9,989 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
More environment data for Niger
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 4.49 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 1.65 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.334 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.05 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 2.68 % 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 2.69 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc in Niger?
- Sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc in Niger was 15,018 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 Niger?
- The highest recorded value was 15,018 1000 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Niger?
- The lowest recorded value was 12,412 1000 ha in 2003.
- How does Niger rank for sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc?
- Niger ranks 11th out of 224 countries with data for 2022.
- Is sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Niger?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Niger 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.