Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Western Africa
Western Africa: Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC was 87,582 1000 ha in 2022. ▲ Rising
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 15th of 26 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.
Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Western Africa, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 78,844 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 78,845 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 78,847 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 78,585 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 1996 | 78,837 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 1997 | 79,065 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 1998 | 79,207 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 1999 | 80,445 1000 ha | +1.6% |
| 2000 | 81,490 1000 ha | +1.3% |
| 2001 | 81,592 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 81,860 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 81,995 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 83,020 1000 ha | +1.3% |
| 2005 | 83,067 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 83,061 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2007 | 83,146 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 83,236 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 83,276 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 83,170 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 83,150 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2012 | 83,116 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2013 | 83,158 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 83,354 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 83,355 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 83,812 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 84,143 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 85,278 1000 ha | +1.3% |
| 2019 | 86,370 1000 ha | +1.3% |
| 2020 | 86,451 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 87,003 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 87,582 1000 ha | +0.7% |
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
- 12 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 3,127 1000 ha compare
- 12 Mexico 72,332 1000 ha compare
- 13 Central African Republic 50,794 1000 ha compare
- 13 Timor-Leste 362.66 1000 ha compare
- 14 India 50,437 1000 ha compare
- 14 Polynesia 324.2 1000 ha compare
- 15 Republic of Moldova 301.31 1000 ha compare
- 15 Zambia 46,671 1000 ha compare
- 16 Mozambique 44,995 1000 ha compare
- 16 Syrian Arab Republic 273.67 1000 ha compare
- 17 Papua New Guinea 39,084 1000 ha compare
- 17 Micronesia 61.48 1000 ha compare
- 18 Cameroon 35,626 1000 ha compare
- 18 Micronesia (Federated States of) 26.62 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Western Africa
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -6.69 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -6.59 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.311 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.37 °C (2025)
- Industrial roundwood — Export quantity 355,916 m3 (2024)
- Industrial roundwood, coniferous — Production 51,000 m3 (2024)
- Industrial roundwood — Import value 18,051 1000 USD (2024)
- Industrial roundwood — Import quantity 79,324 m3 (2024)
- Industrial roundwood — Production 20.68 million m3 (2024)
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 15th out of 26 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
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.