Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC in Northern Africa
Northern Africa: Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC was 33,974 1000 ha in 2022. ▲ Rising
Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC in Northern 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 Northern Africa is 33,974 1000 ha, measured in 2022. That is the highest value across all 31 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.4% on the previous year and up 10.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc in Northern Africa peaked at 33,974 1000 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 30,637 1000 ha, in 1999.
That places Northern Africa 9th out of 44 groups with data for 2022, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 31 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 30,773 1000 ha | 30,637 1000 ha | 30,813 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 30,825 1000 ha | 30,704 1000 ha | 30,907 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 31,165 1000 ha | 30,734 1000 ha | 32,587 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 33,390 1000 ha | 32,680 1000 ha | 33,974 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Northern Africa
More environment data for Northern Africa
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -20 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -13.93 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.281 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.61 °C (2025)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 864,000 t (2024)
- Recovered paper — Production 701,000 t (2024)
- Agricultural land — Value of agricultural production (Int. $) per Area 432.96 USD_PPP/ha (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per capita 0.84 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 2.41 g/Int$ (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc in Northern Africa?
- Sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc in Northern Africa was 33,974 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 Northern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 33,974 1000 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Northern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 30,637 1000 ha in 1999.
- How does Northern Africa rank for sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc?
- Northern Africa ranks 9th out of 44 groups with data for 2022.
- Is sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Northern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Northern 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.