Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC in United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates: Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC was 325.2 1000 ha in 2022. ▬ Flat
Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC in United Arab Emirates, 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 United Arab Emirates stood at 325.2 1000 ha.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and down 0.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc in United Arab Emirates peaked at 342.16 1000 ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 324.91 1000 ha, in 2021.
That places United Arab Emirates 56th out of 241 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the top quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 336 1000 ha | 331.15 1000 ha | 342.16 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 328 1000 ha | 326.62 1000 ha | 331.19 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 326.49 1000 ha | 326.2 1000 ha | 326.77 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 325.03 1000 ha | 324.91 1000 ha | 325.2 1000 ha | 3 |
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More environment data for United Arab Emirates
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 96.22 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 93.96 1000 ha (2024)
- Inland waters — Area 18.21 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 4.22 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 75.44 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 300 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 10.41 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 41.4 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 14.14 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 56.24 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc in United Arab Emirates?
- Sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc in United Arab Emirates was 325.2 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 United Arab Emirates?
- The highest recorded value was 342.16 1000 ha in 1992.
- What is the lowest sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc recorded in United Arab Emirates?
- The lowest recorded value was 324.91 1000 ha in 2021.
- How does United Arab Emirates rank for sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc?
- United Arab Emirates ranks 56th out of 241 countries with data for 2022.
- Is sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in United Arab Emirates?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this United Arab Emirates 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.