Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC was 11,782 1000 ha in 2022. ▼ Falling
Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC in Southern Africa, 1992–2022
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 Southern Africa is 11,782 1000 ha, measured in 2022.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and down 0.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc in Southern Africa peaked at 14,249 1000 ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 11,740 1000 ha, in 2018.
That places Southern Africa 14th out of 44 groups with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 31 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 14,187 1000 ha | 14,039 1000 ha | 14,249 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 13,012 1000 ha | 12,148 1000 ha | 13,818 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 11,793 1000 ha | 11,740 1000 ha | 12,043 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 11,761 1000 ha | 11,748 1000 ha | 11,782 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Southern Africa
More environment data for Southern Africa
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Temperature change 0.892 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.282 °C (2025)
- Industrial roundwood — Import value 35,013 1000 USD (2024)
- Wood fuel — Production 18.57 million m3 (2024)
- Wood fuel, coniferous — Production 770,000 m3 (2024)
- Wood fuel, non-coniferous — Production 17.80 million m3 (2024)
- Industrial roundwood — Production 17.26 million m3 (2024)
- Industrial roundwood — Export quantity 427,327 m3 (2024)
- Industrial roundwood, non-coniferous — Production 9.63 million m3 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc in Southern Africa?
- Sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc in Southern Africa was 11,782 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 Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 14,249 1000 ha in 1992.
- What is the lowest sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 11,740 1000 ha in 2018.
- How does Southern Africa rank for sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc?
- Southern Africa ranks 14th out of 44 groups with data for 2022.
- Is sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Southern Africa 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.