Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Somalia
Somalia: Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC was 2,834 1000 ha in 2022. ▲ Rising
Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Somalia, 1992–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Somalia is 2,834 1000 ha, measured in 2022. That is the highest value across all 31 years on record.
The figure is up 1.7% on the previous year and up 21.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Somalia peaked at 2,834 1000 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 2,260 1000 ha, in 1999.
That places Somalia 84th 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 Somalia, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 2,286 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 2,286 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 2,286 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 2,286 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1996 | 2,285 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1997 | 2,284 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1998 | 2,277 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 1999 | 2,260 1000 ha | -0.8% |
| 2000 | 2,290 1000 ha | +1.4% |
| 2001 | 2,284 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 2,281 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 2,282 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 2,334 1000 ha | +2.3% |
| 2005 | 2,331 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 2,335 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 2,340 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 2,345 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 2,345 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2010 | 2,341 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 2,341 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 2,342 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 2,348 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 2,376 1000 ha | +1.2% |
| 2015 | 2,376 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 2,455 1000 ha | +3.3% |
| 2017 | 2,481 1000 ha | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 2,553 1000 ha | +2.9% |
| 2019 | 2,715 1000 ha | +6.4% |
| 2020 | 2,730 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 2,787 1000 ha | +2.1% |
| 2022 | 2,834 1000 ha | +1.7% |
Somalia compared with similar countries
- Somalia's 2,834 1000 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 2,674 1000 ha, 1.1× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Somalia's 2,834 1000 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 4,570 1000 ha, 62% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2,281 1000 ha | 2,260 1000 ha | 2,286 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 2,317 1000 ha | 2,281 1000 ha | 2,345 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,433 1000 ha | 2,341 1000 ha | 2,715 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,784 1000 ha | 2,730 1000 ha | 2,834 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Somalia
More environment data for Somalia
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -28.64 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -24.06 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.278 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.53 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.5029 % 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 -0.1376 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Somalia?
- Tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Somalia was 2,834 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 Somalia?
- The highest recorded value was 2,834 1000 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Somalia?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,260 1000 ha in 1999.
- How does Somalia rank for tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc?
- Somalia ranks 84th out of 224 countries with data for 2022.
- Is tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Somalia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Somalia 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.