Degradation is assessed as the ratio of degraded land to the total surface area. The UNCCD, the international reference body for the calculation of the indicator, has proposed a methodology aimed at qualitative evaluation according to an approach that involves the combined use of the following sub-indicators, leaving the possibility of inserting others deemed important on a of a single country: i) land cover and its changes over time, ii) soil productivity, iii) the organic carbon content. The degradation is assessed by analyzing the variation of the aforementioned indicators considering a baseline (2000-2015) and a subsequent reporting period (2004-2019) as a temporal reference.

• Source/link:
  View web page
• Unit:
  Categorical (e.g., High)
• Data type:
  Statistics
• Geographical scope:
  Italy
• Frequency of data aggregation:
  Annual (not exhaustive)
• Time coverage (from year):
  2000
• Time coverage (to year):
  2022
• Available for download in xls/csv:
  YES
• Can be disclosed in other formats:
  NO
• Interactive map/graph available:
  YES