Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Libya

Libya: Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC was 149.81 1000 ha in 2022. ▼ Falling

Latest (2022)
149.81 1000 ha
Change on year
up 0.8%
World rank
161st
of 241 countries
All-time high
163.66 1000 ha
in 1994
All-time low
139.98 1000 ha
in 2005
Years of data
31
1992–2022

Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Libya, 1992–2022

0501001501992200720221992: 163.3 1000 ha1993: 163.5 1000 ha1994: 163.7 1000 ha1995: 154.7 1000 ha1996: 151.9 1000 ha1997: 150.6 1000 ha1998: 149.4 1000 ha1999: 147.5 1000 ha2000: 141.4 1000 ha2001: 142 1000 ha2002: 142.6 1000 ha2003: 143.2 1000 ha2004: 143.3 1000 ha2005: 140 1000 ha2006: 140.3 1000 ha2007: 140.4 1000 ha2008: 140.7 1000 ha2009: 141 1000 ha2010: 141.3 1000 ha2011: 141.6 1000 ha2012: 142.2 1000 ha2013: 143.2 1000 ha2014: 143.7 1000 ha2015: 144 1000 ha2016: 144.3 1000 ha2017: 146 1000 ha2018: 147.1 1000 ha2019: 147.7 1000 ha2020: 147.7 1000 ha2021: 148.6 1000 ha2022: 149.8 1000 ha

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

Analysis

In 2022, tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Libya stood at 149.81 1000 ha.

The figure is up 0.8% on the previous year and up 5.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Libya peaked at 163.66 1000 ha in 1994 and was at its lowest, 139.98 1000 ha, in 2005.

Libya ranks 161st of 241 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 31 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 155.57 1000 ha 147.52 1000 ha 163.66 1000 ha 8
2000s 141.49 1000 ha 139.98 1000 ha 143.33 1000 ha 10
2010s 144.11 1000 ha 141.29 1000 ha 147.7 1000 ha 10
2020s 148.7 1000 ha 147.72 1000 ha 149.81 1000 ha 3

Countries ranked near Libya

  1. 158 Lesotho 186.42 1000 ha compare
  2. 159 Cyprus 183.6 1000 ha compare
  3. 160 Saudi Arabia 158.1 1000 ha compare
  4. 162 Gambia 135.85 1000 ha compare
  5. 163 Greenland 133.38 1000 ha compare
  6. 164 French Polynesia 126.63 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Libya?
Tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Libya was 149.81 1000 ha in 2022, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Libya?
The highest recorded value was 163.66 1000 ha in 1994.
What is the lowest tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Libya?
The lowest recorded value was 139.98 1000 ha in 2005.
How does Libya rank for tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc?
Libya ranks 161st out of 241 countries with data for 2022.
Is tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Libya?
Over the last ten years it is up 5.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Libya data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
Tree-covered 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

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.