Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in South Africa
South Africa: Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC was 8,362 1000 ha in 2022. ▼ Falling
Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in South 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 South Africa stood at 8,362 1000 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.2% on the previous year and down 0.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in South Africa peaked at 9,956 1000 ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 8,345 1000 ha, in 2015.
South Africa ranks 27th of 29 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 31 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 9,785 1000 ha | 9,160 1000 ha | 9,956 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 8,644 1000 ha | 8,461 1000 ha | 8,933 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,375 1000 ha | 8,345 1000 ha | 8,428 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 8,364 1000 ha | 8,349 1000 ha | 8,382 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near South Africa
More environment data for South Africa
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 18.04 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 2,240 1000 ha (2024)
- Inland waters — Area 600 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 69.19 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 87.12 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 83,928 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 0.43 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 413 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 12.46 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 12,000 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in South Africa?
- Tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in South Africa was 8,362 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 South Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 9,956 1000 ha in 1992.
- What is the lowest tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc recorded in South Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,345 1000 ha in 2015.
- How does South Africa rank for tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc?
- South Africa ranks 27th out of 29 groups with data for 2022.
- Is tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in South Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this South 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.