Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Namibia
Namibia: Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC was 4,997 1000 ha in 2022. ▲ Rising
Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Namibia, 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 Namibia stood at 4,997 1000 ha. That is the highest value across all 31 years on record.
That represents a change of up 3.6% on the previous year and up 7.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Namibia peaked at 4,997 1000 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 4,434 1000 ha, in 2000.
That places Namibia 66th out of 224 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 31 years of available data.
Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Namibia, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 4,491 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 4,491 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 4,491 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 4,491 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1996 | 4,491 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 4,491 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1998 | 4,474 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 1999 | 4,451 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2000 | 4,434 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2001 | 4,437 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 4,440 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 4,443 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 4,490 1000 ha | +1.0% |
| 2005 | 4,503 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 4,528 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 4,538 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 4,594 1000 ha | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 4,632 1000 ha | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 4,637 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 4,643 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 4,641 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2013 | 4,643 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 4,677 1000 ha | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 4,677 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 4,679 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 4,713 1000 ha | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 4,726 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 4,737 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 4,751 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 4,825 1000 ha | +1.5% |
| 2022 | 4,997 1000 ha | +3.6% |
Namibia compared with similar countries
- Namibia's 4,997 1000 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 2,523 1000 ha, 2.0× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Namibia's 4,997 1000 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 4,570 1000 ha, 1.1× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 4,484 1000 ha | 4,451 1000 ha | 4,491 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 4,504 1000 ha | 4,434 1000 ha | 4,632 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,677 1000 ha | 4,637 1000 ha | 4,737 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,858 1000 ha | 4,751 1000 ha | 4,997 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Namibia
More environment data for Namibia
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -2.99 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -1.14 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.319 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.979 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 2.32 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate 4.07 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Namibia?
- Tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Namibia was 4,997 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 Namibia?
- The highest recorded value was 4,997 1000 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Namibia?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,434 1000 ha in 2000.
- How does Namibia rank for tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc?
- Namibia ranks 66th out of 224 countries with data for 2022.
- Is tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Namibia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Namibia 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.