Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC in Pakistan
Pakistan: Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC was 2,984 1000 ha in 2022. ▲ Rising
Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC in Pakistan, 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 Pakistan stood at 2,984 1000 ha. That is the highest value across all 31 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.6% on the previous year and up 6.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc in Pakistan peaked at 2,984 1000 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 2,632 1000 ha, in 1994.
Pakistan ranks 28th of 224 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 31 years of available data.
Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC in Pakistan, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 2,632 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 2,632 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1994 | 2,632 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1995 | 2,634 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 1996 | 2,635 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 2,636 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 2,635 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1999 | 2,653 1000 ha | +0.7% |
| 2000 | 2,711 1000 ha | +2.2% |
| 2001 | 2,724 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 2,729 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 2,726 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 2,789 1000 ha | +2.3% |
| 2005 | 2,784 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2006 | 2,783 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 2,804 1000 ha | +0.8% |
| 2008 | 2,797 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2009 | 2,797 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2010 | 2,792 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 2,793 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 2,794 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 2,796 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 2,799 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 2,799 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 2,800 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 2,806 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 2,834 1000 ha | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 2,870 1000 ha | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 2,879 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 2,909 1000 ha | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 2,984 1000 ha | +2.6% |
Pakistan compared with similar countries
- Pakistan's 2,984 1000 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 8.52 1000 ha, 350.2× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Pakistan's 2,984 1000 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 425.86 1000 ha, 7.0× the median. (21 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2,636 1000 ha | 2,632 1000 ha | 2,653 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 2,764 1000 ha | 2,711 1000 ha | 2,804 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,808 1000 ha | 2,792 1000 ha | 2,870 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,924 1000 ha | 2,879 1000 ha | 2,984 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Pakistan
- 25 Cabo Verde 8.34 1000 ha compare
- 25 Yemen 5,545 1000 ha compare
- 26 Afghanistan 4,443 1000 ha compare
- 26 Côte d'Ivoire 0 1000 ha compare
- 27 Libya 3,982 1000 ha compare
- 29 Uzbekistan 2,643 1000 ha compare
- 30 Namibia 2,592 1000 ha compare
- 31 Iceland 2,361 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Pakistan
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -10.53 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -7.64 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.373 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.58 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.7034 % 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 3.1 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc in Pakistan?
- Sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc in Pakistan was 2,984 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 Pakistan?
- The highest recorded value was 2,984 1000 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Pakistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,632 1000 ha in 1994.
- How does Pakistan rank for sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc?
- Pakistan ranks 28th out of 224 countries with data for 2022.
- Is sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Pakistan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Pakistan 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.