Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Sudan
Sudan: Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC was 8,588 1000 ha in 2022. ▲ Rising
Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Sudan, 2012–2022
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 Sudan is 8,588 1000 ha, measured in 2022. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.0% on the previous year and up 7.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Sudan peaked at 8,588 1000 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 8,017 1000 ha, in 2012.
That places Sudan 52nd out of 224 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Sudan, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 8,017 1000 ha | — |
| 2013 | 8,035 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 8,092 1000 ha | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 8,093 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 8,109 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 8,140 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 8,283 1000 ha | +1.8% |
| 2019 | 8,428 1000 ha | +1.8% |
| 2020 | 8,434 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 8,505 1000 ha | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 8,588 1000 ha | +1.0% |
Sudan compared with similar countries
- Sudan's 8,588 1000 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 2,674 1000 ha, 3.2× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Sudan's 8,588 1000 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 4,570 1000 ha, 1.9× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 8,150 1000 ha | 8,017 1000 ha | 8,428 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2020s | 8,509 1000 ha | 8,434 1000 ha | 8,588 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Sudan
More environment data for Sudan
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -15.6 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -15.35 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.327 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.21 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.2472 % 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 -0.03 % 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 Sudan?
- Tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Sudan was 8,588 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 Sudan?
- The highest recorded value was 8,588 1000 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Sudan?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,017 1000 ha in 2012.
- How does Sudan rank for tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc?
- Sudan ranks 52nd out of 224 countries with data for 2022.
- Is tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Sudan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this 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
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.