Which has higher shrub-covered areas — area from cgls, Central Asia or Zimbabwe?

Central Asia, at 14,970 1000 ha against 10,011 1000 ha in Zimbabwe as of 2019.

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

4,959 1000 ha, with Central Asia ahead.

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

5 years are reported by both, from 2015 to 2019.

Where does this data come from?

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Shrub-covered areas — Area from CGLS. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Central Asia vs Zimbabwe: Shrub-covered areas — Area from CGLS

Central Asia

14,970 1000 ha

in 2019

Zimbabwe

10,011 1000 ha

in 2019

Central Asia rank

20th

Zimbabwe rank

21st

Shrub-covered areas — Area from CGLS over time

Central Asia
Zimbabwe

How they compare

Central Asia currently reports 14,970 1000 ha against 10,011 1000 ha in Zimbabwe, a difference of 4,959 1000 ha.

That makes Central Asia's figure about 1.5 times Zimbabwe's.

Across all 5 years both countries report, Central Asia has been ahead every year.

Central Asia ranks 20th and Zimbabwe ranks 21st of 28 groups.

Central Asia has averaged higher in every one of the 1 decades both report.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher shrub-covered areas — area from cgls, Central Asia or Zimbabwe?: Central Asia, at 14,970 1000 ha against 10,011 1000 ha in Zimbabwe as of 2019.
What is the difference in shrub-covered areas — area from cgls between Central Asia and Zimbabwe?: 4,959 1000 ha, with Central Asia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Central Asia and Zimbabwe?: 5 years are reported by both, from 2015 to 2019.
How do Central Asia and Zimbabwe rank globally for shrub-covered areas — area from cgls?: Central Asia ranks 20th and Zimbabwe ranks 21st of 28 groups.
Where does this data come from?: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Shrub-covered areas — Area from CGLS. 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 CGLS
Unit: 1000 ha
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage: 242 places, 1,210 data points, 2015–2019
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.