15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Total; Land Cover: Shrub-covered in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: 15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Total; Land Cover: Shrub-covered was 0 km2 in 2021. ◆ Volatile
15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Total; Land Cover: Shrub-covered in Saudi Arabia, 2000–2021
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in km2.
Analysis
The most recent figure for 15.4.2a mountain green cover area: total; land cover: shrub-covered in Saudi Arabia is 0 km2, measured in 2021. That is the lowest value across all 6 years on record.
The figure is down 100.0% on the previous year and down 100.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, 15.4.2a mountain green cover area: total; land cover: shrub-covered in Saudi Arabia peaked at 9.9 km2 in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0 km2, in 2021.
Saudi Arabia ranks 146th of 170 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Total; Land Cover: Shrub-covered in Saudi Arabia, year by year
| Year | km2 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.2 km2 | — |
| 2005 | 9.6 km2 | +4700.0% |
| 2010 | 8.7 km2 | -9.4% |
| 2015 | 9.9 km2 | +13.8% |
| 2018 | 3.9 km2 | -60.6% |
| 2021 | 0 km2 | -100.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 4.9 km2 | 0.2 km2 | 9.6 km2 | 2 |
| 2010s | 7.5 km2 | 3.9 km2 | 9.9 km2 | 3 |
| 2020s | 0 km2 | 0 km2 | 0 km2 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Saudi Arabia
- 143 Montserrat 0.2 km2 compare
- 144 Barbados 0.1 km2 compare
- 144 Grenada 0.1 km2 compare
- 146 American Samoa 0 km2
- 146 British Virgin Islands 0 km2
- 146 Brunei Darussalam 0 km2
- 146 Christmas Island 0 km2
- 146 Cook Islands 0 km2
- 146 Djibouti 0 km2
- 146 Egypt 0 km2
- 146 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 0 km2
- 146 Fiji 0 km2
- 146 French Polynesia 0 km2
- 146 Guam 0 km2
- 146 Hungary 0 km2
- 146 Luxembourg 0 km2
- 146 Mauritania 0 km2
- 146 Mauritius 0 km2
- 146 Niger 0 km2 compare
- 146 Northern Mariana Islands 0 km2
- 146 Réunion 0 km2
- 146 Samoa 0 km2
- 146 San Marino 0 km2
- 146 Tonga 0 km2
- 146 United Arab Emirates 0 km2 compare
- 146 United States Virgin Islands 0 km2
- 146 Western Sahara 0 km2
More environment data for Saudi Arabia
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -52.52 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -27.86 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.424 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.58 °C (2025)
- Sawnwood — Production, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Sawnwood — Production, per capita 0 m3 per person (2024)
- Sawnwood — Import quantity, annual growth rate 13.71 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sawnwood — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Sawnwood — Import quantity, per capita 0.0481 m3 per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is 15.4.2a mountain green cover area: total; land cover: shrub-covered in Saudi Arabia?
- 15.4.2a mountain green cover area: total; land cover: shrub-covered in Saudi Arabia was 0 km2 in 2021, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest 15.4.2a mountain green cover area: total; land cover: shrub-covered recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The highest recorded value was 9.9 km2 in 2015.
- What is the lowest 15.4.2a mountain green cover area: total; land cover: shrub-covered recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 km2 in 2021.
- How does Saudi Arabia rank for 15.4.2a mountain green cover area: total; land cover: shrub-covered?
- Saudi Arabia ranks 146th out of 170 countries with data for 2021.
- Is 15.4.2a mountain green cover area: total; land cover: shrub-covered rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 100.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Saudi Arabia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of 15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Total; Land Cover: Shrub-covered areas — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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