What is tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Western Africa?

Tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Western Africa was 87,582 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 Western Africa?

The highest recorded value was 87,582 1000 ha in 2022.

What is the lowest tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Western Africa?

The lowest recorded value was 78,585 1000 ha in 1995.

How does Western Africa rank for tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc?

Western Africa ranks 17th out of 29 groups with data for 2022.

Is tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Western Africa?

Over the last ten years it is up 5.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this Western 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.

Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Western Africa

Name: Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Western Africa
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)

Western Africa: Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC was 87,582 1000 ha in 2022. ▲ Rising

Latest (2022)

87,582 1000 ha

Change on year

up 0.7%

Rank

17th

of 29 groups

All-time high

87,582 1000 ha

in 2022

All-time low

78,585 1000 ha

in 1995

Years of data

1992–2022

Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Western 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 Western Africa stood at 87,582 1000 ha. That is the highest value across all 31 years on record.

That represents a change of up 0.7% on the previous year and up 5.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Western Africa peaked at 87,582 1000 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 78,585 1000 ha, in 1995.

Western Africa ranks 17th of 29 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 31 years of available data.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1990s	79,084 1000 ha	78,585 1000 ha	80,445 1000 ha	8
2000s	82,574 1000 ha	81,490 1000 ha	83,276 1000 ha	10
2010s	83,891 1000 ha	83,116 1000 ha	86,370 1000 ha	10
2020s	87,012 1000 ha	86,451 1000 ha	87,582 1000 ha	3

Countries ranked near Western Africa

14 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 57,532 1000 ha compare
15 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 51,213 1000 ha compare
16 India 50,437 1000 ha compare
17 Zambia 46,671 1000 ha compare
18 Melanesia 45,155 1000 ha compare
19 Mozambique 44,995 1000 ha compare
20 Papua New Guinea 39,084 1000 ha compare

See the full ranking of 270 places →

More environment data for Western Africa

Agricultural land — Value of agricultural production (Int. $) per Area 486.46 USD_PPP/ha (2024)
Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per capita 0.53 kg/cap (2024)
Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 1.68 g/Int$ (2024)
Country area — Area 614,753 1000 ha (2024)
Land area — Area 606,405 1000 ha (2024)
Agriculture — Area 298,420 1000 ha (2024)
Agricultural land — Area 298,420 1000 ha (2024)
Agricultural land — Share in Land area 49.21 % (2024)
Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 33.2 % (2024)
Arable land — Area 99,061 1000 ha (2024)

All data for Western Africa →

Frequently asked questions

What is tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Western Africa?: Tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Western Africa was 87,582 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 Western Africa?: The highest recorded value was 87,582 1000 ha in 2022.
What is the lowest tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Western Africa?: The lowest recorded value was 78,585 1000 ha in 1995.
How does Western Africa rank for tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc?: Western Africa ranks 17th out of 29 groups with data for 2022.
Is tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Western Africa?: Over the last ten years it is up 5.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Western 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

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: 12 August 2026

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.