Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Middle Africa
Middle Africa: Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC was 404,687 1000 ha in 2022. ▬ Flat
Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Middle Africa, 1992–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
In 2022, tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Middle Africa stood at 404,687 1000 ha. That is the lowest value across all 31 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.1% on the previous year and down 0.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Middle Africa peaked at 406,815 1000 ha in 2009 and was at its lowest, 404,687 1000 ha, in 2022.
That places Middle Africa 2nd out of 20 groups with data for 2022, putting it in the top 10%.
Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Middle Africa, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 406,733 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 406,733 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 406,733 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 406,523 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 1996 | 406,583 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 406,326 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 1998 | 405,792 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 1999 | 405,165 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2000 | 405,065 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2001 | 404,950 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2002 | 405,028 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 405,412 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 406,085 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 406,297 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 406,440 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 406,461 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 406,687 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 406,815 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 406,480 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 406,385 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2012 | 406,169 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 406,081 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 406,033 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2015 | 406,033 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 406,308 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 406,348 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 405,951 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 405,653 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 405,525 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2021 | 405,219 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 404,687 1000 ha | -0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 406,324 1000 ha | 405,165 1000 ha | 406,733 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 405,924 1000 ha | 404,950 1000 ha | 406,815 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 406,144 1000 ha | 405,653 1000 ha | 406,480 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 405,144 1000 ha | 404,687 1000 ha | 405,525 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Middle Africa
- 1 Russian Federation 939,327 1000 ha compare
- 2 Brazil 439,088 1000 ha compare
- 3 Canada 436,843 1000 ha compare
- 3 Democratic Republic of the Congo 185,074 1000 ha compare
- 4 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 57,532 1000 ha compare
- 4 China 188,821 1000 ha compare
- 5 China, mainland 186,559 1000 ha compare
- 5 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 51,213 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Middle Africa
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -9.38 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -9.88 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.198 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.13 °C (2025)
- Wood fuel, coniferous — Production 0 m3 (2024)
- Roundwood, non-coniferous — Production 139.79 million m3 (2024)
- Wood fuel, non-coniferous — Production 122.87 million m3 (2024)
- Industrial roundwood — Production 16.92 million m3 (2024)
- Industrial roundwood — Import quantity 3,754 m3 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Middle Africa?
- Tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Middle Africa was 404,687 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 Middle Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 406,815 1000 ha in 2009.
- What is the lowest tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Middle Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 404,687 1000 ha in 2022.
- How does Middle Africa rank for tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc?
- Middle Africa ranks 2nd out of 20 groups with data for 2022.
- Is tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Middle Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Middle Africa 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
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.