Sparsely natural vegetated areas β Area from CCI_LC in Southern Asia
Southern Asia: Sparsely natural vegetated areas β Area from CCI_LC was 19,917 1000 ha in 2022. βΌ Falling
Sparsely natural vegetated areas β Area from CCI_LC in Southern Asia, 1992β2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
In 2022, sparsely natural vegetated areas β area from cci_lc in Southern Asia stood at 19,917 1000 ha.
The figure is up 1.5% on the previous year and up 4.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sparsely natural vegetated areas β area from cci_lc in Southern Asia peaked at 23,956 1000 ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 18,876 1000 ha, in 2015.
Southern Asia ranks 12th of 44 regions on this measure, 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 | 23,581 1000 ha | 22,528 1000 ha | 23,956 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 20,264 1000 ha | 19,177 1000 ha | 21,585 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 19,036 1000 ha | 18,876 1000 ha | 19,388 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 19,677 1000 ha | 19,485 1000 ha | 19,917 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Southern Asia
- 9 China (People's Republic of) 25,339 1000 ha compare
- 10 China, mainland 25,334 1000 ha compare
- 11 Niger 15,018 1000 ha compare
- 12 Chile 13,131 1000 ha compare
- 13 Morocco 9,989 1000 ha compare
- 14 Chad 9,225 1000 ha compare
- 15 South Africa 9,135 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Southern Asia
- Standard Deviation 0.274 Β°C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.44 Β°C (2025)
- Recovered paper β Production 8.45 million t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish β Production 15.39 million t (2024)
- Cropland β Area 238,515 1000 ha (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) β Use per capita 1.52 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) β Use per value of agricultural production 4.25 g/Int$ (2024)
- Country area β Area 688,043 1000 ha (2024)
- Land area β Area 639,262 1000 ha (2024)
- Agriculture β Area 316,834 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sparsely natural vegetated areas β area from cci_lc in Southern Asia?
- Sparsely natural vegetated areas β area from cci_lc in Southern Asia was 19,917 1000 ha in 2022, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sparsely natural vegetated areas β area from cci_lc recorded in Southern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 23,956 1000 ha in 1992.
- What is the lowest sparsely natural vegetated areas β area from cci_lc recorded in Southern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 18,876 1000 ha in 2015.
- How does Southern Asia rank for sparsely natural vegetated areas β area from cci_lc?
- Southern Asia ranks 12th out of 44 regions with data for 2022.
- Is sparsely natural vegetated areas β area from cci_lc rising or falling in Southern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Southern Asia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sparsely natural vegetated areas β 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 UniversitΓ© 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.