Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC in Spain
Spain: Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC was 949.92 1000 ha in 2022. ▼ Falling
Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC in Spain, 1992–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Spain recorded 949.92 1000 ha for sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc in 2022. That is the lowest value across all 31 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.2% on the previous year and down 0.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc in Spain peaked at 1,281 1000 ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 949.92 1000 ha, in 2022.
Spain ranks 40th of 224 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 31 years of available data.
Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC in Spain, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 1,281 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 1,281 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1994 | 1,280 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1995 | 1,247 1000 ha | -2.6% |
| 1996 | 1,209 1000 ha | -3.1% |
| 1997 | 1,195 1000 ha | -1.2% |
| 1998 | 1,172 1000 ha | -1.9% |
| 1999 | 1,103 1000 ha | -5.9% |
| 2000 | 1,050 1000 ha | -4.8% |
| 2001 | 1,032 1000 ha | -1.7% |
| 2002 | 1,012 1000 ha | -1.9% |
| 2003 | 1,003 1000 ha | -0.9% |
| 2004 | 989.09 1000 ha | -1.4% |
| 2005 | 987.18 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2006 | 984.09 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2007 | 971.98 1000 ha | -1.2% |
| 2008 | 963.88 1000 ha | -0.8% |
| 2009 | 958.93 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2010 | 956.89 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 955.96 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 956.05 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 955.4 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 954.16 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 953.48 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 957.21 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 954.17 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 952.57 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 953.6 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 953.37 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2021 | 951.84 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 949.92 1000 ha | -0.2% |
Spain compared with similar countries
- Spain's 949.92 1000 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 3.23 1000 ha, 294.1× the median. (73 countries reporting)
- Spain's 949.92 1000 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 13.1 1000 ha, 72.5× the median. (51 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1,221 1000 ha | 1,103 1000 ha | 1,281 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 995.21 1000 ha | 958.93 1000 ha | 1,050 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 954.95 1000 ha | 952.57 1000 ha | 957.21 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 951.71 1000 ha | 949.92 1000 ha | 953.37 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Spain
- 37 Turkmenistan 1,398 1000 ha compare
- 38 Egypt 1,180 1000 ha compare
- 39 Eritrea 994.18 1000 ha compare
- 41 Azerbaijan 832.21 1000 ha compare
- 42 Tajikistan 568.71 1000 ha compare
- 43 Colombia 550.57 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Spain
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -1.67 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -1.4 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.402 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.3 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 10.36 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual -0.4277 % 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 -0.5136 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc in Spain?
- Sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc in Spain was 949.92 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 Spain?
- The highest recorded value was 1,281 1000 ha in 1992.
- What is the lowest sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Spain?
- The lowest recorded value was 949.92 1000 ha in 2022.
- How does Spain rank for sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc?
- Spain ranks 40th out of 224 countries with data for 2022.
- Is sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Spain?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Spain 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.