Between 2015 and 2019, the estimated proportion of land degradation in Sub-Saharan Africa increased from 6.7 percent to 14.63 percent. This was the fastest rate of degradation over this period when compared to other regions. The region with the largest proportion of land degradation is Eastern Asia and South-eastern Asia, at almost 25 percent.
Proportion of degraded land worldwide from 2015 to 2019, by region
The data is compiled in global and aggregate form "as received" from 126 Parties in their 2022 national reports. This presents a partial estimate of progress at the global and regional level, in terms of the status and trends in these indicators/metrics, as not all Parties have reported all indicators. The information presented should in no way be interpreted as a comprehensive global or regional assessment of status and trends in the indicators/metrics.
Sub-Saharan Africa - Excluding Angola and Comoros; Oceania - Including Australia, Papua New Guinea and New Zealand but excluding the islands of Oceania; Northern America and Europe - Excluding United States of America, Belarus, Denmark, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Norway, Russian Federation and Switzerland; Latin America and the Caribbean - Excluding Barbados and Grenada; Eastern Asia and South-eastern Asia - Excluding Japan, Republic of Korea, Brunei Darussalam and Singapore; Central Asia and Southern Asia - Excluding the Maldives.
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Proportion of degraded land worldwide from 2015 to 2019, by region [Graph], OWID, August 27, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1441406/global-land-degradation-by-region/
