Terrestrial barren land — Area from CCI_LC in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Terrestrial barren land — Area from CCI_LC was 16,527 1000 ha in 2022. ▬ Flat
Terrestrial barren land — Area from CCI_LC in Southern Africa, 1992–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc in Southern Africa is 16,527 1000 ha, measured in 2022.
That represents a change of down 1.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc in Southern Africa peaked at 16,920 1000 ha in 1995 and was at its lowest, 16,523 1000 ha, in 2021.
That places Southern Africa 17th out of 26 groups with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.
Terrestrial barren land — Area from CCI_LC in Southern Africa, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 16,907 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 16,907 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1994 | 16,906 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1995 | 16,920 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 1996 | 16,914 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1997 | 16,887 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 1998 | 16,889 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 16,853 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2000 | 16,867 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 16,875 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 16,890 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 16,893 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 16,858 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2005 | 16,860 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 16,849 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 16,853 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 16,837 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 16,815 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 16,765 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2011 | 16,714 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 16,704 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 16,703 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 16,667 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 16,667 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 16,655 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 16,634 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 16,575 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 16,546 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 16,527 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 16,523 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2022 | 16,527 1000 ha | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 16,898 1000 ha | 16,853 1000 ha | 16,920 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 16,860 1000 ha | 16,815 1000 ha | 16,893 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 16,663 1000 ha | 16,546 1000 ha | 16,765 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 16,526 1000 ha | 16,523 1000 ha | 16,527 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Southern Africa
- 14 Canada 40,380 1000 ha compare
- 15 Yemen 35,398 1000 ha compare
- 16 Australia and New Zealand 33,050 1000 ha compare
- 17 Russian Federation 32,677 1000 ha compare
- 18 Iraq 32,538 1000 ha compare
- 19 Turkmenistan 32,432 1000 ha compare
- 20 Kazakhstan 32,341 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Southern Africa
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 4.17 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 7.61 Percentage change (2025)
- Temperature change 0.892 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.282 °C (2025)
- Wood fuel, coniferous — Production 770,000 m3 (2024)
- Industrial roundwood — Export quantity 427,327 m3 (2024)
- Industrial roundwood — Import value 35,013 1000 USD (2024)
- Industrial roundwood — Import quantity 161,260 m3 (2024)
- Industrial roundwood — Production 17.26 million m3 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc in Southern Africa?
- Terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc in Southern Africa was 16,527 1000 ha in 2022, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc recorded in Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 16,920 1000 ha in 1995.
- What is the lowest terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 16,523 1000 ha in 2021.
- How does Southern Africa rank for terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc?
- Southern Africa ranks 17th out of 26 groups with data for 2022.
- Is terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Southern Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Terrestrial barren land — 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.