Which has higher shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc, Central Asia or Namibia?

Central Asia, at 34,928 1000 ha against 17,607 1000 ha in Namibia as of 2022.

What is the difference in shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc between Central Asia and Namibia?

17,321 1000 ha, with Central Asia ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Central Asia and Namibia?

31 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2022.

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.

Central Asia vs Namibia: Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC

Central Asia

34,928 1000 ha

in 2022

Namibia

17,607 1000 ha

in 2022

Central Asia rank

19th

Namibia rank

19th

Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC over time

Central Asia
Namibia

How they compare

Central Asia currently reports 34,928 1000 ha against 17,607 1000 ha in Namibia, a difference of 17,321 1000 ha.

That makes Central Asia's figure about 2.0 times Namibia's.

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

Central Asia ranks 19th and Namibia ranks 19th of 29 groups.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Central Asia	Namibia	Difference	Ahead
1990s	33,239 1000 ha	17,755 1000 ha	15,484 1000 ha	Central Asia
2000s	33,987 1000 ha	17,715 1000 ha	16,272 1000 ha	Central Asia
2010s	34,490 1000 ha	17,677 1000 ha	16,813 1000 ha	Central Asia
2020s	34,920 1000 ha	17,635 1000 ha	17,285 1000 ha	Central Asia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc, Central Asia or Namibia?: Central Asia, at 34,928 1000 ha against 17,607 1000 ha in Namibia as of 2022.
What is the difference in shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc between Central Asia and Namibia?: 17,321 1000 ha, with Central Asia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Central Asia and Namibia?: 31 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2022.
How do Central Asia and Namibia rank globally for shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc?: Central Asia ranks 19th and Namibia ranks 19th of 29 groups.
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: 12 August 2026

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.