The pie chart illustrates the proportion of worldwide land degradation reasons, while the table gives information about the causes affecting three different regions, namely Europe, Oceania, and North America.
Overall, it is clear that the percentage of over-grazing and deforestation represents the largest share, while other reasons account for the smallest proportion. The table highlights relative comparability among the three regions, with the highest percentage of total land degraded in Europe.
In detail, over-grazing accounted for 35% of the total, making it the dominant category. In comparison, the other causes represented only 7%, showing a much smaller share. However, the proportion of over-cultivation and deforestation made up moderate percentages, each contributing approximately a quarter of the total.
North America recorded the minimum rate of total land degradation, at 5%. In contrast, the proportion in Europe is considerably higher than in North America, comprising 23% of the total, and this region had the highest percentage of deforestation at 9.8%. Oceania recorded the highest level of over-grazing and made up 13% of the total percentage.