Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC in Somalia
Somalia: Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC was 6,038 1000 ha in 2022. ▲ Rising
Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC in Somalia, 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 Somalia stood at 6,038 1000 ha. That is the highest value across all 31 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 5.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc in Somalia peaked at 6,038 1000 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 5,322 1000 ha, in 1994.
That places Somalia 22nd 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 Somalia, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 5,322 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 5,322 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1994 | 5,322 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1995 | 5,344 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 1996 | 5,342 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1997 | 5,338 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 1998 | 5,344 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 1999 | 5,407 1000 ha | +1.2% |
| 2000 | 5,427 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 5,424 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2002 | 5,432 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 5,440 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 5,439 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2005 | 5,457 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 5,469 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 5,481 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 5,540 1000 ha | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 5,591 1000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 5,625 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 5,685 1000 ha | +1.1% |
| 2012 | 5,730 1000 ha | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 5,794 1000 ha | +1.1% |
| 2014 | 5,829 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 5,829 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 5,812 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 5,810 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 5,930 1000 ha | +2.1% |
| 2019 | 5,916 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 5,920 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 6,007 1000 ha | +1.5% |
| 2022 | 6,038 1000 ha | +0.5% |
Somalia compared with similar countries
- Somalia's 6,038 1000 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 53.22 1000 ha, 113.5× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Somalia's 6,038 1000 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.42 1000 ha, 14377.0× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5,343 1000 ha | 5,322 1000 ha | 5,407 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 5,470 1000 ha | 5,424 1000 ha | 5,591 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,796 1000 ha | 5,625 1000 ha | 5,930 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,989 1000 ha | 5,920 1000 ha | 6,038 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Somalia
More environment data for Somalia
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -28.64 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -24.06 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.278 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.53 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.5029 % 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 -0.1376 % 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 Somalia?
- Sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc in Somalia was 6,038 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 Somalia?
- The highest recorded value was 6,038 1000 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Somalia?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,322 1000 ha in 1994.
- How does Somalia rank for sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc?
- Somalia ranks 22nd out of 224 countries with data for 2022.
- Is sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Somalia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Somalia 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.