Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC in Northern Europe

Northern Europe: Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC was 11,198 1000 ha in 2022. ▼ Falling

Latest (2022)
11,198 1000 ha
Change on year
up 0.1%
Rank
5th
of 7 groups
All-time high
11,714 1000 ha
in 1999
All-time low
11,099 1000 ha
in 2016
Years of data
31
1992–2022

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

02.5k5.0k7.5k10.0k12.5k1992200720221992: 11.7k 1000 ha1993: 11.7k 1000 ha1994: 11.7k 1000 ha1995: 11.7k 1000 ha1996: 11.7k 1000 ha1997: 11.7k 1000 ha1998: 11.7k 1000 ha1999: 11.7k 1000 ha2000: 11.7k 1000 ha2001: 11.7k 1000 ha2002: 11.7k 1000 ha2003: 11.6k 1000 ha2004: 11.6k 1000 ha2005: 11.5k 1000 ha2006: 11.5k 1000 ha2007: 11.5k 1000 ha2008: 11.4k 1000 ha2009: 11.3k 1000 ha2010: 11.3k 1000 ha2011: 11.2k 1000 ha2012: 11.2k 1000 ha2013: 11.2k 1000 ha2014: 11.1k 1000 ha2015: 11.1k 1000 ha2016: 11.1k 1000 ha2017: 11.1k 1000 ha2018: 11.1k 1000 ha2019: 11.2k 1000 ha2020: 11.2k 1000 ha2021: 11.2k 1000 ha2022: 11.2k 1000 ha

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 Europe is 11,198 1000 ha, measured in 2022.

That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 0.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc in Northern Europe peaked at 11,714 1000 ha in 1999 and was at its lowest, 11,099 1000 ha, in 2016.

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

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 11,697 1000 ha 11,670 1000 ha 11,714 1000 ha 8
2000s 11,558 1000 ha 11,344 1000 ha 11,687 1000 ha 10
2010s 11,160 1000 ha 11,099 1000 ha 11,270 1000 ha 10
2020s 11,190 1000 ha 11,183 1000 ha 11,198 1000 ha 3

Countries ranked near Northern Europe

  1. 2 Australia 272,770 1000 ha compare
  2. 3 Russian Federation 116,641 1000 ha compare
  3. 4 Canada 106,875 1000 ha compare
  4. 5 Kazakhstan, Republic of 63,167 1000 ha compare
  5. 6 Argentina 47,600 1000 ha compare
  6. 7 Mongolia 35,459 1000 ha compare
  7. 8 Greenland 26,943 1000 ha compare

See the full ranking of 270 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc in Northern Europe?
Sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc in Northern Europe was 11,198 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 Europe?
The highest recorded value was 11,714 1000 ha in 1999.
What is the lowest sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Northern Europe?
The lowest recorded value was 11,099 1000 ha in 2016.
How does Northern Europe rank for sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc?
Northern Europe ranks 5th out of 7 groups with data for 2022.
Is sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Northern Europe?
Over the last ten years it is up 0.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Northern Europe 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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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
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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.