Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC by country

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Countries reporting
237
Highest
181,702 1000 ha
Australia and New Zealand
Lowest
0.01 1000 ha
Naoero
Median
236.79 1000 ha
Years covered
31
1992–2022
Data points
8,231

What the numbers show

Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC is currently reported for 237 countries. The highest value is 181,702 1000 ha in Australia and New Zealand; the lowest is 0.01 1000 ha in Naoero.

The median across all reporting countries is 236.79 1000 ha, and the mean is 6,970 1000 ha.

Over the past decade 122 countries rose and 86 fell. The largest increase was in Palau (up 94.9%), and the largest decrease in United Arab Emirates (down 20.3%).

Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Australia and New Zealand 181,702 1000 ha 2022 down 0.0% flat
2 Australia 179,257 1000 ha 2022 down 0.1% flat
3 Brazil 146,572 1000 ha 2022 down 1.6% flat
3 United Republic of Tanzania 16,720 1000 ha 2022 down 1.7% falling
4 Russian Federation 136,116 1000 ha 2022 up 7.1% rising
4 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 13,170 1000 ha 2022 up 7.2% rising
5 Argentina 98,450 1000 ha 2022 down 0.1% flat
5 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 7,570 1000 ha 2022 down 0.3% flat
6 Mexico 70,432 1000 ha 2022 down 0.5% flat
6 Democratic Republic of the Congo 7,529 1000 ha 2022 up 0.7% falling
7 South Africa 64,444 1000 ha 2022 down 0.2% flat
7 Lao People's Democratic Republic 7,227 1000 ha 2022 down 1.5% falling
8 Canada 58,090 1000 ha 2022 up 5.4% rising
8 Türkiye 7,084 1000 ha 2022 up 3.0% rising
9 Ethiopia 48,006 1000 ha 2022 down 2.5% flat
9 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 6,836 1000 ha 2022 up 0.1% flat
10 Sudan (former) 45,490 1000 ha 2011 down 3.2% falling
10 Viet Nam 5,809 1000 ha 2022 down 0.7% flat
11 Botswana 44,738 1000 ha 2022 down 0.8% flat
11 Melanesia 907.08 1000 ha 2022 up 6.4% flat
12 Somalia 36,754 1000 ha 2022 down 0.7% flat
12 Syrian Arab Republic 236.79 1000 ha 2022 up 0.7% flat
13 South Sudan 28,213 1000 ha 2022 down 2.3% flat
13 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 136.42 1000 ha 2022 up 8.1% flat
14 China 23,500 1000 ha 2022 up 0.3% falling
14 Timor-Leste 117.49 1000 ha 2022 down 1.4% falling
15 China, mainland 23,458 1000 ha 2022 up 0.3% falling
15 Polynesia 41.12 1000 ha 2022 down 0.0% flat
16 Angola 23,151 1000 ha 2022 up 0.7% flat
16 Republic of Moldova 8.15 1000 ha 2022 up 7.5% flat
17 Kazakhstan 22,500 1000 ha 2022 up 2.5% rising
17 Micronesia 3.41 1000 ha 2022 up 48.9% rising
18 India 21,353 1000 ha 2022 up 0.5% falling
18 Wallis and Futuna Islands 0.86 1000 ha 2022 unchanged flat
19 Kenya 20,127 1000 ha 2022 down 1.6% flat
20 Namibia 17,607 1000 ha 2022 down 0.4% flat
20 Micronesia (Federated States of) 0.25 1000 ha 2022 unchanged flat
21 Sudan 15,693 1000 ha 2022 down 1.6% flat
22 Mozambique 15,568 1000 ha 2022 up 0.0% flat
23 Chile 14,426 1000 ha 2022 up 0.7% flat
24 Chad 14,006 1000 ha 2022 down 3.5% falling
24 Côte d'Ivoire 3,080 1000 ha 2022 down 13.4% falling
25 Myanmar 12,493 1000 ha 2022 down 1.7% falling
25 Caribbean 761.38 1000 ha 2022 up 5.1% falling
26 Zambia 12,387 1000 ha 2022 up 0.4% falling
26 Cabo Verde 145.1 1000 ha 2022 down 1.2% flat
27 Zimbabwe 10,925 1000 ha 2022 down 2.3% falling
28 Paraguay 10,507 1000 ha 2022 up 7.6% rising
29 Nigeria 9,998 1000 ha 2022 down 10.4% falling
30 Peru 9,801 1000 ha 2022 down 1.8% flat
31 Madagascar 9,267 1000 ha 2022 up 0.9% flat
32 Mali 8,246 1000 ha 2022 down 6.5% falling
33 Indonesia 7,655 1000 ha 2022 up 3.0% rising
34 Colombia 7,389 1000 ha 2022 up 0.5% rising
35 Senegal 6,981 1000 ha 2022 down 1.0% falling
36 Pakistan 6,812 1000 ha 2022 down 0.2% falling
37 Turkmenistan 6,740 1000 ha 2022 down 0.0% flat
38 Spain 6,184 1000 ha 2022 down 0.2% flat
39 Thailand 5,078 1000 ha 2022 down 2.2% falling
40 Central African Republic 4,860 1000 ha 2022 up 4.0% falling
41 Uzbekistan 4,202 1000 ha 2022 down 0.1% flat
42 Guinea 3,243 1000 ha 2022 down 5.8% falling
43 Afghanistan 3,123 1000 ha 2022 down 0.0% falling
44 Ghana 3,084 1000 ha 2022 down 12.7% falling
45 Greece 3,032 1000 ha 2022 down 0.4% flat
46 Ecuador 2,887 1000 ha 2022 down 5.4% flat
47 Mongolia 2,855 1000 ha 2022 up 1.0% rising
48 Burkina Faso 2,823 1000 ha 2022 down 6.3% falling
49 Benin 2,792 1000 ha 2022 down 13.0% falling
50 New Zealand 2,445 1000 ha 2022 up 1.5% rising
51 Uganda 2,309 1000 ha 2022 down 10.6% falling
52 Cameroon 2,290 1000 ha 2022 down 3.2% falling
53 Morocco 2,247 1000 ha 2022 down 0.9% flat
54 Congo 2,165 1000 ha 2022 down 4.0% falling
55 Algeria 2,030 1000 ha 2022 down 1.0% flat
56 Eritrea 1,706 1000 ha 2022 up 1.2% flat
57 Norway 1,698 1000 ha 2022 up 1.4% rising
58 Cambodia 1,678 1000 ha 2022 up 2.4% rising
59 France 1,610 1000 ha 2022 up 8.0% rising
60 Sweden 1,600 1000 ha 2022 up 20.5% rising
61 Yemen 1,596 1000 ha 2022 down 0.4% flat
62 Malaysia 1,488 1000 ha 2022 up 7.1% rising
63 Philippines 1,415 1000 ha 2022 up 1.6% flat
64 Italy 1,392 1000 ha 2022 up 2.0% rising
65 Portugal 1,327 1000 ha 2022 up 0.2% rising
66 Sri Lanka 1,315 1000 ha 2022 up 4.0% rising
67 Niger 1,314 1000 ha 2022 up 4.2% flat
68 Guyana 1,124 1000 ha 2022 down 0.2% rising
69 Finland 1,045 1000 ha 2022 up 15.6% rising
70 Greenland 1,043 1000 ha 2022 unchanged flat
71 Azerbaijan 990.32 1000 ha 2022 down 0.4% flat
72 Nicaragua 953.4 1000 ha 2022 down 0.9% rising
73 Germany 940.45 1000 ha 2022 up 9.0% rising
74 Japan 917.73 1000 ha 2022 up 3.5% flat
75 Honduras 845.07 1000 ha 2022 up 14.4% rising
76 Bangladesh 823.97 1000 ha 2022 up 0.6% falling
77 Kyrgyzstan 819.93 1000 ha 2022 down 0.7% flat
78 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 779.52 1000 ha 2022 up 0.8% flat
79 Lesotho 772.21 1000 ha 2022 up 1.3% flat
80 Guatemala 769.03 1000 ha 2022 up 5.5% rising
81 Mauritania 764.75 1000 ha 2022 up 1.0% flat
82 Papua New Guinea 737.94 1000 ha 2022 up 6.1% rising
83 Togo 666.62 1000 ha 2022 down 17.9% falling
84 Tajikistan 665.07 1000 ha 2022 down 0.0% flat
85 Uruguay 647.39 1000 ha 2022 down 2.3% falling
86 Gabon 635.43 1000 ha 2022 down 1.4% flat
87 Poland 618.99 1000 ha 2022 up 8.5% flat
88 Georgia 616.57 1000 ha 2022 down 0.9% flat
89 Nepal 522.35 1000 ha 2022 down 0.6% falling
90 Belarus 462.48 1000 ha 2022 up 12.3% falling
91 Ukraine 458.25 1000 ha 2022 up 14.3% falling
92 Sierra Leone 456.49 1000 ha 2022 up 0.5% flat
93 Armenia 447.13 1000 ha 2022 up 0.3% flat
94 Cuba 436.55 1000 ha 2022 up 2.9% flat
95 Saudi Arabia 417.72 1000 ha 2022 down 0.9% falling
96 Malawi 411.82 1000 ha 2022 up 4.0% rising
97 Panama 402.27 1000 ha 2022 up 1.7% flat
98 Austria 358.51 1000 ha 2022 up 11.6% rising
99 Iraq 350.82 1000 ha 2022 up 0.1% flat
100 Bulgaria 339.71 1000 ha 2022 up 0.6% falling
101 Serbia and Montenegro 316.63 1000 ha 2005 down 6.1% falling
102 Albania 315.04 1000 ha 2022 down 0.0% flat
103 Burundi 303.6 1000 ha 2022 up 1.5% flat
104 Croatia 279.32 1000 ha 2022 up 4.3% rising
105 Bosnia and Herzegovina 277.14 1000 ha 2022 up 4.9% rising
106 Czechia 268.02 1000 ha 2022 up 18.5% rising
107 Costa Rica 247.3 1000 ha 2022 down 3.9% falling
108 Latvia 228.63 1000 ha 2022 up 3.8% rising
109 Rwanda 220.8 1000 ha 2022 up 5.0% flat
110 Lebanon 219.98 1000 ha 2022 down 2.3% flat
111 Eswatini 202.43 1000 ha 2022 up 1.5% rising
112 Libya 198.82 1000 ha 2022 down 0.2% flat
113 Romania 197.69 1000 ha 2022 up 11.7% falling
114 Serbia 192.52 1000 ha 2022 up 5.9% flat
115 Liberia 189.41 1000 ha 2022 down 1.7% rising
116 Lithuania 186.41 1000 ha 2022 up 2.3% falling
117 Guinea-Bissau 181.49 1000 ha 2022 up 2.3% flat
118 Ireland 177.83 1000 ha 2022 up 4.8% rising
119 Switzerland 176.11 1000 ha 2022 up 11.6% rising
120 Estonia 159.64 1000 ha 2022 up 4.6% rising
121 Dominican Republic 154.16 1000 ha 2022 up 9.4% falling
122 Republic of Korea 149.97 1000 ha 2022 down 3.7% rising
123 Suriname 146.34 1000 ha 2022 up 2.1% rising
124 Montenegro 144.54 1000 ha 2022 up 8.4% rising
125 Tunisia 133.61 1000 ha 2022 up 0.6% flat
126 Belize 129.36 1000 ha 2022 up 19.2% rising
127 North Macedonia 128.38 1000 ha 2022 up 0.7% falling
128 Cyprus 114.1 1000 ha 2022 down 1.0% flat
129 Bhutan 111.37 1000 ha 2022 up 4.8% falling
130 New Caledonia 109.99 1000 ha 2022 up 5.4% falling
131 Slovakia 107.6 1000 ha 2022 up 13.0% rising
132 Belgium-Luxembourg 105.99 1000 ha 1999 up 0.2% flat
133 Gambia 105.95 1000 ha 2022 down 10.7% falling
134 Slovenia 103.75 1000 ha 2022 up 10.8% rising
135 Belgium 102.2 1000 ha 2022 up 4.4% rising
136 Denmark 99.4 1000 ha 2022 up 6.0% rising
137 Egypt 78.82 1000 ha 2022 down 2.0% falling
138 Hungary 78.18 1000 ha 2022 up 6.1% falling
139 Iceland 76.98 1000 ha 2022 unchanged flat
140 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 70.86 1000 ha 2022 up 6.1% falling
141 Israel 63.36 1000 ha 2022 down 1.3% flat
142 Oman 57.13 1000 ha 2022 up 0.2% falling
143 Bahamas 46.74 1000 ha 2022 up 11.8% rising
144 Fiji 46.32 1000 ha 2022 up 9.1% rising
145 Haiti 45.99 1000 ha 2022 up 7.7% falling
146 El Salvador 42.21 1000 ha 2022 up 1.3% falling
147 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 36.16 1000 ha 2022 up 0.8% flat
148 China, Taiwan Province of 34.91 1000 ha 2022 up 9.5% rising
149 Palestine 29.96 1000 ha 2022 down 0.1% flat
150 Djibouti 24.57 1000 ha 2022 up 0.6% flat
151 Samoa 22.07 1000 ha 2022 unchanged flat
152 Comoros 21.82 1000 ha 2022 up 8.2% rising
153 French Guiana 17.5 1000 ha 2022 up 6.4% rising
154 Netherlands Antilles (former) 16.26 1000 ha 2022 down 4.2% falling
155 Réunion 16.09 1000 ha 2022 up 9.0% rising
156 Trinidad and Tobago 15.72 1000 ha 2022 up 12.5% flat
157 Equatorial Guinea 14.56 1000 ha 2022 up 1.4% flat
158 Jamaica 14.55 1000 ha 2022 up 15.2% rising
159 French Polynesia 13.23 1000 ha 2022 down 0.2% flat
160 Mauritius 13.09 1000 ha 2022 up 8.5% rising
161 French Southern Territories 12.96 1000 ha 2022 down 0.4% flat
162 Luxembourg 12.67 1000 ha 2022 up 2.4% rising
163 Faroe Islands 12.15 1000 ha 2022 unchanged flat
164 Puerto Rico 9.17 1000 ha 2022 up 10.7% falling
165 Aruba 9.01 1000 ha 2022 down 19.8% falling
166 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 8.93 1000 ha 2022 up 0.9% flat
167 Jordan 8.17 1000 ha 2022 down 3.0% falling
168 Vanuatu 7.69 1000 ha 2022 up 1.9% falling
169 Brunei Darussalam 7.48 1000 ha 2022 up 8.9% falling
170 China, Hong Kong SAR 6.47 1000 ha 2022 up 8.7% falling
171 Qatar 6.09 1000 ha 2022 down 0.5% falling
172 Solomon Islands 5.13 1000 ha 2022 up 71.6% rising
173 Martinique 3.74 1000 ha 2022 up 26.4% rising
174 United Arab Emirates 3.49 1000 ha 2022 down 20.3% falling
175 Mayotte 3.07 1000 ha 2022 down 0.6% flat
176 Kuwait 3 1000 ha 2022 down 17.8% falling
177 Guadeloupe 2.86 1000 ha 2022 up 33.0% rising
178 Isle of Man 2.73 1000 ha 2022 up 0.4% flat
179 Tonga 2.71 1000 ha 2022 unchanged flat
180 Palau 2.28 1000 ha 2022 up 94.9% rising
181 Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha 1.37 1000 ha 2022 down 1.4% flat
182 Barbados 1.34 1000 ha 2022 down 3.6% falling
183 American Samoa 1.14 1000 ha 2022 unchanged flat
184 Singapore 1.12 1000 ha 2022 down 1.8% falling
185 Turks and Caicos Islands 1.05 1000 ha 2022 down 5.4% flat
186 Antigua and Barbuda 0.96 1000 ha 2022 up 6.7% rising
186 Saint Lucia 0.96 1000 ha 2022 up 15.7% rising
188 Andorra 0.88 1000 ha 2022 up 15.8% flat
189 Seychelles 0.72 1000 ha 2022 up 1.4% flat
189 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.72 1000 ha 2022 down 1.4% flat
191 Liechtenstein 0.71 1000 ha 2022 up 26.8% rising
192 Cook Islands 0.62 1000 ha 2022 unchanged flat
193 Sao Tome and Principe 0.6 1000 ha 2022 down 1.6% falling
194 Northern Mariana Islands 0.54 1000 ha 2022 unchanged flat
195 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.52 1000 ha 2022 up 4.0% flat
196 Bahrain 0.5 1000 ha 2022 unchanged rising
197 Niue 0.45 1000 ha 2022 unchanged flat
198 Malta 0.35 1000 ha 2022 down 12.5% falling
199 Cayman Islands 0.32 1000 ha 2022 unchanged flat
200 Maldives 0.28 1000 ha 2022 unchanged flat
201 Montserrat 0.21 1000 ha 2022 up 5.0% rising
202 United States Virgin Islands 0.18 1000 ha 2022 unchanged falling
203 Guam 0.15 1000 ha 2022 unchanged flat
204 Grenada 0.14 1000 ha 2022 unchanged falling
205 Anguilla 0.13 1000 ha 2022 unchanged rising
206 Kiribati 0.12 1000 ha 2022 unchanged flat
207 San Marino 0.09 1000 ha 2022 unchanged flat
207 Norfolk Island 0.09 1000 ha 2022 unchanged flat
209 Gibraltar 0.07 1000 ha 2022 unchanged flat
210 Dominica 0.06 1000 ha 2022 up 50.0% flat
211 Tuvalu 0.05 1000 ha 2022 unchanged flat
212 Marshall Islands 0.04 1000 ha 2022 unchanged flat
213 British Virgin Islands 0.03 1000 ha 2022 unchanged falling
213 China, Macao SAR 0.03 1000 ha 2022 unchanged rising
215 Bermuda 0.01 1000 ha 2022 unchanged flat
215 United States Minor Outlying Islands 0.01 1000 ha 2022 unchanged flat
215 Naoero 0.01 1000 ha 2022 unchanged flat

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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.