Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in South Sudan

South Sudan: Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC was 25,502 1000 ha in 2022. ▬ Flat

Latest (2022)
25,502 1000 ha
Change on year
up 0.3%
World rank
28th
of 241 countries
All-time high
25,502 1000 ha
in 2022
All-time low
24,768 1000 ha
in 2012
Years of data
11
2012–2022

Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in South Sudan, 2012–2022

010.0k20.0k30.0k2012201720222012: 24.8k 1000 ha2013: 24.8k 1000 ha2014: 24.9k 1000 ha2015: 24.9k 1000 ha2016: 25.1k 1000 ha2017: 25.2k 1000 ha2018: 25.2k 1000 ha2019: 25.2k 1000 ha2020: 25.2k 1000 ha2021: 25.4k 1000 ha2022: 25.5k 1000 ha

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 South Sudan is 25,502 1000 ha, measured in 2022. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.

That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 3.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in South Sudan peaked at 25,502 1000 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 24,768 1000 ha, in 2012.

South Sudan ranks 28th of 241 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2010s 25,018 1000 ha 24,768 1000 ha 25,218 1000 ha 8
2020s 25,376 1000 ha 25,213 1000 ha 25,502 1000 ha 3

Countries ranked near South Sudan

  1. 25 Myanmar 29,751 1000 ha compare
  2. 26 Sweden 27,702 1000 ha compare
  3. 27 Congo 26,955 1000 ha compare
  4. 29 Ethiopia 25,465 1000 ha compare
  5. 30 Japan 25,112 1000 ha compare
  6. 31 Gabon 23,307 1000 ha compare

See the full ranking of 270 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in South Sudan?
Tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in South Sudan was 25,502 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 Sudan?
The highest recorded value was 25,502 1000 ha in 2022.
What is the lowest tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc recorded in South Sudan?
The lowest recorded value was 24,768 1000 ha in 2012.
How does South Sudan rank for tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc?
South Sudan ranks 28th out of 241 countries with data for 2022.
Is tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in South Sudan?
Over the last ten years it is up 3.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this South Sudan 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.