Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC in Western Asia
Western Asia: Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC was 22,333 1000 ha in 2022. ▬ Flat
Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC in Western Asia, 1992–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Western Asia recorded 22,333 1000 ha for sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc in 2022. That is the highest value across all 31 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.4% on the previous year and up 9.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc in Western Asia peaked at 22,333 1000 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 20,392 1000 ha, in 2015.
That places Western Asia 13th out of 26 groups with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.
Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC in Western Asia, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 21,582 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 21,579 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1994 | 21,577 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1995 | 21,396 1000 ha | -0.8% |
| 1996 | 21,341 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 1997 | 21,353 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 1998 | 21,332 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 1999 | 21,263 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2000 | 21,218 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2001 | 20,946 1000 ha | -1.3% |
| 2002 | 20,903 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2003 | 20,843 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2004 | 20,865 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 20,783 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2006 | 20,709 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2007 | 20,650 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2008 | 20,515 1000 ha | -0.7% |
| 2009 | 20,456 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2010 | 20,452 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2011 | 20,446 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2012 | 20,419 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 20,408 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 20,394 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 20,392 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 20,556 1000 ha | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 20,616 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 20,809 1000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 21,100 1000 ha | +1.4% |
| 2020 | 21,203 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 21,813 1000 ha | +2.9% |
| 2022 | 22,333 1000 ha | +2.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 21,428 1000 ha | 21,263 1000 ha | 21,582 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 20,789 1000 ha | 20,456 1000 ha | 21,218 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 20,559 1000 ha | 20,392 1000 ha | 21,100 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 21,783 1000 ha | 21,203 1000 ha | 22,333 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Western Asia
- 10 China, mainland 25,334 1000 ha compare
- 10 Polynesia 24.25 1000 ha compare
- 11 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 22.02 1000 ha compare
- 11 Niger 15,018 1000 ha compare
- 12 Chile 13,131 1000 ha compare
- 12 Micronesia 8.44 1000 ha compare
- 13 Morocco 9,989 1000 ha compare
- 13 Viet Nam 6.22 1000 ha compare
- 14 Chad 9,225 1000 ha compare
- 14 Democratic Republic of the Congo 3.63 1000 ha compare
- 15 South Africa 9,135 1000 ha compare
- 15 Timor-Leste 3.35 1000 ha compare
- 16 Algeria 8,846 1000 ha compare
- 16 Micronesia (Federated States of) 0.34 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Western Asia
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.404 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.7 °C (2025)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 5.65 million t (2024)
- Recovered paper — Production 5.50 million t (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Production 5.12 million t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Production 4.72 million t (2024)
- Agricultural land — Value of agricultural production (Int. $) per Area 474.77 USD_PPP/ha (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per capita 1.25 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 2.95 g/Int$ (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc in Western Asia?
- Sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc in Western Asia was 22,333 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 Western Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 22,333 1000 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Western Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 20,392 1000 ha in 2015.
- How does Western Asia rank for sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc?
- Western Asia ranks 13th out of 26 groups with data for 2022.
- Is sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Western Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Western Asia 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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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.