Australia vs European Union (27): Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC

Australia
179,257 1000 ha
in 2022
European Union (27)
20,635 1000 ha
in 2022
Australia rank
2nd
European Union (27) rank
18th

Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC over time

  • Australia
  • European Union (27)
050.0k100.0k150.0k200.0k199220072022

How they compare

Australia currently reports 179,257 1000 ha against 20,635 1000 ha in European Union (27), a difference of 158,622 1000 ha.

That makes Australia's figure about 8.7 times European Union (27)'s.

Across all 31 years both countries report, Australia has been ahead every year.

Australia ranks 2nd and European Union (27) ranks 18th of 224 countries.

Australia has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Australia European Union (27) Difference Ahead
1990s 183,253 1000 ha 19,111 1000 ha 164,142 1000 ha Australia
2000s 179,633 1000 ha 19,306 1000 ha 160,327 1000 ha Australia
2010s 179,349 1000 ha 19,910 1000 ha 159,438 1000 ha Australia
2020s 179,236 1000 ha 20,527 1000 ha 158,709 1000 ha Australia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc, Australia or European Union (27)?
Australia, at 179,257 1000 ha against 20,635 1000 ha in European Union (27) as of 2022.
What is the difference in shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc between Australia and European Union (27)?
158,622 1000 ha, with Australia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and European Union (27)?
31 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2022.
How do Australia and European Union (27) rank globally for shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc?
Australia ranks 2nd and European Union (27) ranks 18th of 224 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC
Unit
1000 ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
270 places, 8,231 data points, 1992–2022
Last refreshed

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.