Northern Europe vs South Africa: Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC
Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC over time
- Northern Europe
- South Africa
How they compare
South Africa currently reports 64,444 1000 ha against 6,067 1000 ha in Northern Europe, a difference of 58,377 1000 ha.
That makes South Africa's figure about 10.6 times Northern Europe's.
Across all 31 years both countries report, South Africa has been ahead every year.
Northern Europe ranks 22nd and South Africa ranks 7th of 26 groups.
South Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Northern Europe | South Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5,085 1000 ha | 64,138 1000 ha | 59,053 1000 ha | South Africa |
| 2000s | 5,279 1000 ha | 64,507 1000 ha | 59,228 1000 ha | South Africa |
| 2010s | 5,673 1000 ha | 64,559 1000 ha | 58,886 1000 ha | South Africa |
| 2020s | 6,048 1000 ha | 64,450 1000 ha | 58,402 1000 ha | South Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc, Northern Europe or South Africa?
- South Africa, at 64,444 1000 ha against 6,067 1000 ha in Northern Europe as of 2022.
- What is the difference in shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc between Northern Europe and South Africa?
- 58,377 1000 ha, with South Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Northern Europe and South Africa?
- 31 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2022.
- How do Northern Europe and South Africa rank globally for shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc?
- Northern Europe ranks 22nd and South Africa ranks 7th of 26 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
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.