Terrestrial barren land — Area from CCI_LC in Western Africa
Western Africa: Terrestrial barren land — Area from CCI_LC was 230,154 1000 ha in 2022. ▬ Flat
Terrestrial barren land — Area from CCI_LC in Western Africa, 1992–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Western Africa recorded 230,154 1000 ha for terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc in 2022. That is the lowest value across all 31 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.2% on the previous year and down 1.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc in Western Africa peaked at 236,965 1000 ha in 1995 and was at its lowest, 230,154 1000 ha, in 2022.
That places Western Africa 6th out of 26 groups with data for 2022, putting it in the top quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 236,771 1000 ha | 236,551 1000 ha | 236,965 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 235,626 1000 ha | 234,489 1000 ha | 236,388 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 233,158 1000 ha | 231,193 1000 ha | 234,198 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 230,683 1000 ha | 230,154 1000 ha | 231,164 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Western Africa
- 3 China (People’s Republic of) 164,736 1000 ha compare
- 3 China, mainland 164,736 1000 ha compare
- 5 Libya 154,984 1000 ha compare
- 6 Sudan (former) 99,540 1000 ha compare
- 7 Sudan 97,030 1000 ha compare
- 8 Egypt 89,696 1000 ha compare
- 9 Mauritania 83,374 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Western Africa
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -6.69 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -6.59 Percentage change (2025)
- Temperature change 1.37 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.311 °C (2025)
- Industrial roundwood — Import value 18,051 1000 USD (2024)
- Wood fuel — Production 221.11 million m3 (2024)
- Wood fuel, coniferous — Production 0 m3 (2024)
- Wood fuel, non-coniferous — Production 221.11 million m3 (2024)
- Industrial roundwood — Production 20.68 million m3 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc in Western Africa?
- Terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc in Western Africa was 230,154 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 Western Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 236,965 1000 ha in 1995.
- What is the lowest terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc recorded in Western Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 230,154 1000 ha in 2022.
- How does Western Africa rank for terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc?
- Western Africa ranks 6th out of 26 groups with data for 2022.
- Is terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Western Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Western 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.