Sparsely natural vegetated areas β Area from CCI_LC in Western Africa
Western Africa: Sparsely natural vegetated areas β Area from CCI_LC was 27,172 1000 ha in 2022. β² Rising
Sparsely natural vegetated areas β Area from CCI_LC in Western Africa, 1992β2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sparsely natural vegetated areas β area from cci_lc in Western Africa is 27,172 1000 ha, measured in 2022. That is the highest value across all 31 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.2% on the previous year and up 16.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sparsely natural vegetated areas β area from cci_lc in Western Africa peaked at 27,172 1000 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 21,158 1000 ha, in 2002.
That places Western Africa 10th out of 44 regions with data for 2022, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 31 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 21,376 1000 ha | 21,286 1000 ha | 21,460 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 21,689 1000 ha | 21,158 1000 ha | 22,620 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 23,786 1000 ha | 22,981 1000 ha | 26,094 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 26,635 1000 ha | 26,135 1000 ha | 27,172 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Western Africa
More environment data for Western Africa
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Temperature change 1.37 Β°C (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.311 Β°C (2025)
- Industrial roundwood β Export quantity 355,916 m3 (2024)
- Wood fuel, coniferous β Production 0 m3 (2024)
- Wood fuel, non-coniferous β Production 221.11 million m3 (2024)
- Industrial roundwood β Production 20.68 million m3 (2024)
- Industrial roundwood β Import quantity 79,324 m3 (2024)
- Industrial roundwood β Export value 113,229 1000 USD (2024)
- Sawlogs and veneer logs β Production 13.78 million m3 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sparsely natural vegetated areas β area from cci_lc in Western Africa?
- Sparsely natural vegetated areas β area from cci_lc in Western Africa was 27,172 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 Western Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 27,172 1000 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest sparsely natural vegetated areas β area from cci_lc recorded in Western Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 21,158 1000 ha in 2002.
- How does Western Africa rank for sparsely natural vegetated areas β area from cci_lc?
- Western Africa ranks 10th out of 44 regions with data for 2022.
- Is sparsely natural vegetated areas β area from cci_lc rising or falling in Western Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Western Africa 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.