Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC in South Sudan
South Sudan: Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC was 6.01 1000 ha in 2022. ▲ Rising
Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC in South Sudan, 2012–2022
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 South Sudan is 6.01 1000 ha, measured in 2022. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.9% on the previous year and up 218.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc in South Sudan peaked at 6.01 1000 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 1.89 1000 ha, in 2012.
That places South Sudan 109th out of 224 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC in South Sudan, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 1.89 1000 ha | — |
| 2013 | 3.06 1000 ha | +61.9% |
| 2014 | 3.15 1000 ha | +2.9% |
| 2015 | 3.15 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 3.12 1000 ha | -1.0% |
| 2017 | 3.08 1000 ha | -1.3% |
| 2018 | 3.08 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 3.16 1000 ha | +2.6% |
| 2020 | 3.16 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 5.9 1000 ha | +86.7% |
| 2022 | 6.01 1000 ha | +1.9% |
South Sudan compared with similar countries
- South Sudan's 6.01 1000 ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 53.22 1000 ha, 11% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
- South Sudan's 6.01 1000 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.42 1000 ha, 14.3× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 2.96 1000 ha | 1.89 1000 ha | 3.16 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2020s | 5.02 1000 ha | 3.16 1000 ha | 6.01 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near South Sudan
More environment data for South Sudan
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -18.33 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -17.71 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.283 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.92 °C (2025)
- Cropland — Area 2,478 1000 ha (2024)
- Cooling Degree Days 7,171 (2024)
- Agricultural land — Value of agricultural production (Int. $) per Area 132.71 USD_PPP/ha (2024)
- Agricultural land — Share in Land area 44.71 % (2024)
- Agricultural land — Area 28,251 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc in South Sudan?
- Sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc in South Sudan was 6.01 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 South Sudan?
- The highest recorded value was 6.01 1000 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc recorded in South Sudan?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.89 1000 ha in 2012.
- How does South Sudan rank for sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc?
- South Sudan ranks 109th out of 224 countries with data for 2022.
- Is sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in South Sudan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 218.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this South Sudan 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.