How does Samoa rank for sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc?

Samoa ranks 194th out of 241 countries with data for 2022.

Is sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Samoa?

Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.

Where does this Samoa 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.

Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC in Samoa

Name: Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC in Samoa
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)

Samoa: Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC was 0.02 1000 ha in 2022. ▬ Flat

Latest (2022)

0.02 1000 ha

Change on year

unchanged

World rank

194th

of 241 countries

All-time high

0.02 1000 ha

in 1992

All-time low

0.02 1000 ha

in 1992

Years of data

1992–2022

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

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.

Analysis

Samoa recorded 0.02 1000 ha for sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc in 2022. That is the highest value across all 31 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.

Over the whole period, sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc in Samoa peaked at 0.02 1000 ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 0.02 1000 ha, in 1992.

That places Samoa 194th out of 241 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the bottom quarter.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1990s	0.02 1000 ha	0.02 1000 ha	0.02 1000 ha	8
2000s	0.02 1000 ha	0.02 1000 ha	0.02 1000 ha	10
2010s	0.02 1000 ha	0.02 1000 ha	0.02 1000 ha	10
2020s	0.02 1000 ha	0.02 1000 ha	0.02 1000 ha	3

Countries ranked near Samoa

191 British Virgin Islands 0.03 1000 ha compare
191 Guadeloupe 0.03 1000 ha compare
191 Tuvalu 0.03 1000 ha compare
194 Antigua and Barbuda 0.02 1000 ha compare
194 Barbados 0.02 1000 ha compare
194 Guam 0.02 1000 ha compare
194 Isle of Man 0.02 1000 ha compare
194 Liechtenstein 0.02 1000 ha compare
194 Sao Tome and Principe 0.02 1000 ha compare
194 Singapore 0.02 1000 ha compare

See the full ranking of 270 places →

More environment data for Samoa

Inland waters — Area 1 1000 ha (2024)
Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 2.31 % (2024)
Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 12.97 % (2024)
Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 6.41 1000 ha (2024)
Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 64.18 % (2024)
Permanent crops — Area 31.71 1000 ha (2024)
Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 22.85 % (2024)
Arable land — Area 11.29 1000 ha (2024)
Cropland — Area per capita 0.2 ha/cap (2024)
Cropland — Share in Land area 15.47 % (2024)

All data for Samoa →

Frequently asked questions

What is sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc in Samoa?: Sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc in Samoa was 0.02 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 Samoa?: The highest recorded value was 0.02 1000 ha in 1992.
What is the lowest sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Samoa?: The lowest recorded value was 0.02 1000 ha in 1992.
How does Samoa rank for sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc?: Samoa ranks 194th out of 241 countries with data for 2022.
Is sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Samoa?: Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Samoa 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

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
Last refreshed: 12 August 2026

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.