Monthly Vegetation Coverage Statistics for West and Central Africa from 2001

Action Against Hunger ACF - Regional Office for West and Central Africa provides monthly vegetation coverage statistics calculated from January 2001 onwards. The data includes percentages of green photoactive and dry non-photoactive vegetation at four administrative levels, derived from GEOGLAM RAPP's 500m resolution Total Vegetation Cover product. The dataset was last updated on April 10, 2026.

Use Cases

• Monitor long-term vegetation trends based on monthly data from 2001
• Analyze rangeland and pasture productivity based on green and dry vegetation percentages
• Conduct regional comparisons based on Admin 0, 1, 2, and 3 level statistics
• Assess environmental changes and drought impacts based on vegetation coverage

Strengths

• Temporal coverage spans from January 2001 to the present
• Data is disaggregated at four administrative levels (Admin 0, 1, 2, 3)
• Source data is from a specialized GEOGLAM RAPP product with 500m resolution

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment

Provenance

Source

Action Against Hunger ACF - Regional Office for West and Central Africa ROWCA

Collection Method

Reprocessed from the Total Vegetation Cover (TVC) product from GEOGLAM RAPP Rangeland and Pasture Productivity

Time Range

From January 2001 onwards

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-10 14:30:01.613120; freshness should be verified

Geography

West and Central Africa