What is the highest sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Western Sahara?

The highest recorded value was 20.52 1000 ha in 1999.

What is the lowest sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Western Sahara?

The lowest recorded value was 20.13 1000 ha in 2022.

How does Western Sahara rank for sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc?

Western Sahara ranks 96th out of 241 countries with data for 2022.

Is sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Western Sahara?

Over the last ten years it is down 1.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.

Where does this Western Sahara 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.

Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC in Western Sahara

Name: Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC in Western Sahara
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)

Western Sahara: Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC was 20.13 1000 ha in 2022. ▬ Flat

Latest (2022)

20.13 1000 ha

Change on year

down 0.0%

World rank

96th

of 241 countries

All-time high

20.52 1000 ha

in 1999

All-time low

20.13 1000 ha

in 2022

Years of data

1992–2022

Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC in Western Sahara, 1992–2022

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.

Analysis

The most recent figure for sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc in Western Sahara is 20.13 1000 ha, measured in 2022. That is the lowest value across all 31 years on record.

The figure is down 1.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc in Western Sahara peaked at 20.52 1000 ha in 1999 and was at its lowest, 20.13 1000 ha, in 2022.

Western Sahara ranks 96th of 241 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1990s	20.34 1000 ha	20.32 1000 ha	20.52 1000 ha	8
2000s	20.49 1000 ha	20.49 1000 ha	20.52 1000 ha	10
2010s	20.3 1000 ha	20.14 1000 ha	20.49 1000 ha	10
2020s	20.14 1000 ha	20.13 1000 ha	20.14 1000 ha	3

Countries ranked near Western Sahara

93 Polynesia 24.25 1000 ha compare
94 French Polynesia 23.22 1000 ha compare
95 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 22.02 1000 ha compare
97 Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha 18.41 1000 ha compare
98 Zimbabwe 18.15 1000 ha compare
99 Caribbean 18.14 1000 ha compare

See the full ranking of 270 places →

More environment data for Western Sahara

Agricultural land — Share in Land area 18.81 % (2024)
Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 18.8 % (2024)
Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 99.92 % (2024)
Agriculture — Area 5,004 1000 ha (2024)
Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 5,000 1000 ha (2024)
Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 0.08 % (2024)
Agricultural land — Area 5,004 1000 ha (2024)
Cropland — Area per capita 0.01 ha/cap (2024)
Cropland — Share in Land area 0.02 % (2024)
Cropland — Share in Agricultural land 0.08 % (2024)

All data for Western Sahara →

Frequently asked questions

What is sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc in Western Sahara?: Sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc in Western Sahara was 20.13 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 Sahara?: The highest recorded value was 20.52 1000 ha in 1999.
What is the lowest sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Western Sahara?: The lowest recorded value was 20.13 1000 ha in 2022.
How does Western Sahara rank for sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc?: Western Sahara ranks 96th out of 241 countries with data for 2022.
Is sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Western Sahara?: Over the last ten years it is down 1.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Western Sahara 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

Indicator: Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC
Unit: 1000 ha
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage: 270 places, 8,231 data points, 1992–2022
Last refreshed: 12 August 2026

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.