Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC by country
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What the numbers show
Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC is currently reported for 241 countries. The highest value is 181,702 1000 ha in Australia and New Zealand; the lowest is 0 1000 ha in Heard Island and McDonald Islands.
The median across all reporting countries is 202.43 1000 ha, and the mean is 6,566 1000 ha.
Over the past decade 120 countries rose and 85 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 | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 4 | Russian Federation | 136,116 1000 ha | 2022 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 5 | Argentina | 98,450 1000 ha | 2022 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 6 | Mexico | 70,432 1000 ha | 2022 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 7 | Canada | 58,090 1000 ha | 2022 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 8 | Ethiopia | 48,006 1000 ha | 2022 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 9 | Sudan (former) | 45,490 1000 ha | 2011 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 10 | Botswana | 44,738 1000 ha | 2022 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 11 | Somalia | 36,754 1000 ha | 2022 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 12 | South Sudan | 28,213 1000 ha | 2022 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 13 | China | 23,500 1000 ha | 2022 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 14 | China, mainland | 23,458 1000 ha | 2022 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 15 | Angola | 23,151 1000 ha | 2022 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 16 | Kazakhstan | 22,500 1000 ha | 2022 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 17 | India | 21,353 1000 ha | 2022 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 18 | Kenya | 20,127 1000 ha | 2022 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 19 | Namibia | 17,607 1000 ha | 2022 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 20 | United Republic of Tanzania | 16,720 1000 ha | 2022 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 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 |
| 25 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 13,170 1000 ha | 2022 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 26 | Myanmar | 12,493 1000 ha | 2022 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 27 | Zambia | 12,387 1000 ha | 2022 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 28 | Zimbabwe | 10,925 1000 ha | 2022 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 29 | Paraguay | 10,507 1000 ha | 2022 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 30 | Nigeria | 9,998 1000 ha | 2022 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 31 | Peru | 9,801 1000 ha | 2022 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 32 | Madagascar | 9,267 1000 ha | 2022 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 33 | Mali | 8,246 1000 ha | 2022 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 34 | Indonesia | 7,655 1000 ha | 2022 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 35 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 7,570 1000 ha | 2022 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 36 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 7,529 1000 ha | 2022 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 37 | Colombia | 7,389 1000 ha | 2022 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 38 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 7,227 1000 ha | 2022 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 39 | Türkiye | 7,084 1000 ha | 2022 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 40 | Senegal | 6,981 1000 ha | 2022 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 41 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 6,836 1000 ha | 2022 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 42 | Pakistan | 6,812 1000 ha | 2022 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 43 | Turkmenistan | 6,740 1000 ha | 2022 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 44 | Spain | 6,184 1000 ha | 2022 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 45 | Viet Nam | 5,809 1000 ha | 2022 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 46 | Thailand | 5,078 1000 ha | 2022 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 47 | Uzbekistan | 4,202 1000 ha | 2022 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 48 | Guinea | 3,243 1000 ha | 2022 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 49 | Afghanistan | 3,123 1000 ha | 2022 | down 0.0% | falling |
| 50 | Ghana | 3,084 1000 ha | 2022 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 51 | Côte d'Ivoire | 3,080 1000 ha | 2022 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 52 | Greece | 3,032 1000 ha | 2022 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 53 | Ecuador | 2,887 1000 ha | 2022 | down 5.4% | flat |
| 54 | Mongolia | 2,855 1000 ha | 2022 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 55 | Burkina Faso | 2,823 1000 ha | 2022 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 56 | Benin | 2,792 1000 ha | 2022 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 57 | New Zealand | 2,445 1000 ha | 2022 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 58 | Uganda | 2,309 1000 ha | 2022 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 59 | Cameroon | 2,290 1000 ha | 2022 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 60 | Morocco | 2,247 1000 ha | 2022 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 61 | Congo | 2,165 1000 ha | 2022 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 62 | Algeria | 2,030 1000 ha | 2022 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 63 | Eritrea | 1,706 1000 ha | 2022 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 64 | Norway | 1,698 1000 ha | 2022 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 65 | Cambodia | 1,678 1000 ha | 2022 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 66 | France | 1,610 1000 ha | 2022 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 67 | Sweden | 1,600 1000 ha | 2022 | up 20.5% | rising |
| 68 | Yemen | 1,596 1000 ha | 2022 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 69 | Malaysia | 1,488 1000 ha | 2022 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 70 | Philippines | 1,415 1000 ha | 2022 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 71 | Italy | 1,392 1000 ha | 2022 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 72 | Portugal | 1,327 1000 ha | 2022 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 73 | Sri Lanka | 1,315 1000 ha | 2022 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 74 | Niger | 1,314 1000 ha | 2022 | up 4.2% | flat |
| 75 | Guyana | 1,124 1000 ha | 2022 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 76 | Finland | 1,045 1000 ha | 2022 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 77 | Greenland | 1,043 1000 ha | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 78 | Azerbaijan | 990.32 1000 ha | 2022 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 79 | Nicaragua | 953.4 1000 ha | 2022 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 80 | Germany | 940.45 1000 ha | 2022 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 81 | Japan | 917.73 1000 ha | 2022 | up 3.5% | flat |
| 82 | Melanesia | 907.08 1000 ha | 2022 | up 6.4% | flat |
| 83 | Honduras | 845.07 1000 ha | 2022 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 84 | Bangladesh | 823.97 1000 ha | 2022 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 85 | Kyrgyzstan | 819.93 1000 ha | 2022 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 86 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 779.52 1000 ha | 2022 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 87 | Lesotho | 772.21 1000 ha | 2022 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 88 | Guatemala | 769.03 1000 ha | 2022 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 89 | Mauritania | 764.75 1000 ha | 2022 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 90 | Caribbean | 761.38 1000 ha | 2022 | up 5.1% | falling |
| 91 | Papua New Guinea | 737.94 1000 ha | 2022 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 92 | Togo | 666.62 1000 ha | 2022 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 93 | Tajikistan | 665.07 1000 ha | 2022 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 94 | Uruguay | 647.39 1000 ha | 2022 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 95 | Gabon | 635.43 1000 ha | 2022 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 96 | Poland | 618.99 1000 ha | 2022 | up 8.5% | flat |
| 97 | Georgia | 616.57 1000 ha | 2022 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 98 | Nepal | 522.35 1000 ha | 2022 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 99 | Belarus | 462.48 1000 ha | 2022 | up 12.3% | falling |
| 100 | Ukraine | 458.25 1000 ha | 2022 | up 14.3% | falling |
| 101 | Sierra Leone | 456.49 1000 ha | 2022 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 102 | Armenia | 447.13 1000 ha | 2022 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 103 | Cuba | 436.55 1000 ha | 2022 | up 2.9% | flat |
| 104 | Saudi Arabia | 417.72 1000 ha | 2022 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 105 | Malawi | 411.82 1000 ha | 2022 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 106 | Panama | 402.27 1000 ha | 2022 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 107 | Austria | 358.51 1000 ha | 2022 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 108 | Iraq | 350.82 1000 ha | 2022 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 109 | Bulgaria | 339.71 1000 ha | 2022 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 110 | Serbia and Montenegro | 316.63 1000 ha | 2005 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 111 | Albania | 315.04 1000 ha | 2022 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 112 | Burundi | 303.6 1000 ha | 2022 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 113 | Croatia | 279.32 1000 ha | 2022 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 114 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 277.14 1000 ha | 2022 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 115 | Czechia | 268.02 1000 ha | 2022 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 116 | Costa Rica | 247.3 1000 ha | 2022 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 117 | Syrian Arab Republic | 236.79 1000 ha | 2022 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 118 | Latvia | 228.63 1000 ha | 2022 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 119 | Rwanda | 220.8 1000 ha | 2022 | up 5.0% | flat |
| 120 | Lebanon | 219.98 1000 ha | 2022 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 121 | Eswatini | 202.43 1000 ha | 2022 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 122 | Libya | 198.82 1000 ha | 2022 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 123 | Romania | 197.69 1000 ha | 2022 | up 11.7% | falling |
| 124 | Serbia | 192.52 1000 ha | 2022 | up 5.9% | flat |
| 125 | Liberia | 189.41 1000 ha | 2022 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 126 | Lithuania | 186.41 1000 ha | 2022 | up 2.3% | falling |
| 127 | Guinea-Bissau | 181.49 1000 ha | 2022 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 128 | Ireland | 177.83 1000 ha | 2022 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 129 | Switzerland | 176.11 1000 ha | 2022 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 130 | Estonia | 159.64 1000 ha | 2022 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 131 | Dominican Republic | 154.16 1000 ha | 2022 | up 9.4% | falling |
| 132 | Republic of Korea | 149.97 1000 ha | 2022 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 133 | Suriname | 146.34 1000 ha | 2022 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 134 | Cabo Verde | 145.1 1000 ha | 2022 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 135 | Montenegro | 144.54 1000 ha | 2022 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 136 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 136.42 1000 ha | 2022 | up 8.1% | flat |
| 137 | Tunisia | 133.61 1000 ha | 2022 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 138 | Belize | 129.36 1000 ha | 2022 | up 19.2% | rising |
| 139 | North Macedonia | 128.38 1000 ha | 2022 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 140 | Timor-Leste | 117.49 1000 ha | 2022 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 141 | Cyprus | 114.1 1000 ha | 2022 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 142 | Bhutan | 111.37 1000 ha | 2022 | up 4.8% | falling |
| 143 | New Caledonia | 109.99 1000 ha | 2022 | up 5.4% | falling |
| 144 | Slovakia | 107.6 1000 ha | 2022 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 145 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 105.99 1000 ha | 1999 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 146 | Gambia | 105.95 1000 ha | 2022 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 147 | Slovenia | 103.75 1000 ha | 2022 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 148 | Belgium | 102.2 1000 ha | 2022 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 149 | Denmark | 99.4 1000 ha | 2022 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 150 | Egypt | 78.82 1000 ha | 2022 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 151 | Hungary | 78.18 1000 ha | 2022 | up 6.1% | falling |
| 152 | Iceland | 76.98 1000 ha | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 153 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 70.86 1000 ha | 2022 | up 6.1% | falling |
| 154 | Israel | 63.36 1000 ha | 2022 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 155 | Oman | 57.13 1000 ha | 2022 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 156 | Bahamas | 46.74 1000 ha | 2022 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 157 | Fiji | 46.32 1000 ha | 2022 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 158 | Haiti | 45.99 1000 ha | 2022 | up 7.7% | falling |
| 159 | El Salvador | 42.21 1000 ha | 2022 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 160 | Polynesia | 41.12 1000 ha | 2022 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 161 | Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | 36.16 1000 ha | 2022 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 162 | China, Taiwan Province of | 34.91 1000 ha | 2022 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 163 | Palestine | 29.96 1000 ha | 2022 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 164 | Djibouti | 24.57 1000 ha | 2022 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 165 | Samoa | 22.07 1000 ha | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 166 | Comoros | 21.82 1000 ha | 2022 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 167 | French Guiana | 17.5 1000 ha | 2022 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 168 | Netherlands Antilles (former) | 16.26 1000 ha | 2022 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 169 | Trinidad and Tobago | 15.72 1000 ha | 2022 | up 12.5% | flat |
| 170 | Equatorial Guinea | 14.56 1000 ha | 2022 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 171 | Jamaica | 14.55 1000 ha | 2022 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 172 | French Polynesia | 13.23 1000 ha | 2022 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 173 | Mauritius | 13.09 1000 ha | 2022 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 174 | French Southern Territories | 12.96 1000 ha | 2022 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 175 | Luxembourg | 12.67 1000 ha | 2022 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 176 | Faroe Islands | 12.15 1000 ha | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 177 | Puerto Rico | 9.17 1000 ha | 2022 | up 10.7% | falling |
| 178 | Aruba | 9.01 1000 ha | 2022 | down 19.8% | falling |
| 179 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 8.93 1000 ha | 2022 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 180 | Jordan | 8.17 1000 ha | 2022 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 181 | Republic of Moldova | 8.15 1000 ha | 2022 | up 7.5% | flat |
| 182 | Vanuatu | 7.69 1000 ha | 2022 | up 1.9% | falling |
| 183 | Brunei Darussalam | 7.48 1000 ha | 2022 | up 8.9% | falling |
| 184 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 6.47 1000 ha | 2022 | up 8.7% | falling |
| 185 | Qatar | 6.09 1000 ha | 2022 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 186 | Solomon Islands | 5.13 1000 ha | 2022 | up 71.6% | rising |
| 187 | Martinique | 3.74 1000 ha | 2022 | up 26.4% | rising |
| 188 | United Arab Emirates | 3.49 1000 ha | 2022 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 189 | Micronesia | 3.41 1000 ha | 2022 | up 48.9% | rising |
| 190 | Mayotte | 3.07 1000 ha | 2022 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 191 | Kuwait | 3 1000 ha | 2022 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 192 | Guadeloupe | 2.86 1000 ha | 2022 | up 33.0% | rising |
| 193 | Isle of Man | 2.73 1000 ha | 2022 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 194 | Tonga | 2.71 1000 ha | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 195 | Palau | 2.28 1000 ha | 2022 | up 94.9% | rising |
| 196 | Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha | 1.37 1000 ha | 2022 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 197 | Barbados | 1.34 1000 ha | 2022 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 198 | Singapore | 1.12 1000 ha | 2022 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 199 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 1.05 1000 ha | 2022 | down 5.4% | flat |
| 200 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.96 1000 ha | 2022 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 200 | Saint Lucia | 0.96 1000 ha | 2022 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 202 | Andorra | 0.88 1000 ha | 2022 | up 15.8% | flat |
| 203 | Wallis and Futuna Islands | 0.86 1000 ha | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 204 | Seychelles | 0.72 1000 ha | 2022 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 204 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.72 1000 ha | 2022 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 206 | Liechtenstein | 0.71 1000 ha | 2022 | up 26.8% | rising |
| 207 | Cook Islands | 0.62 1000 ha | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 208 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.6 1000 ha | 2022 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 209 | Northern Mariana Islands | 0.54 1000 ha | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 210 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.52 1000 ha | 2022 | up 4.0% | flat |
| 211 | Bahrain | 0.5 1000 ha | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 212 | Channel Islands | 0.46 1000 ha | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 213 | Niue | 0.45 1000 ha | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 214 | Malta | 0.35 1000 ha | 2022 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 215 | Cayman Islands | 0.32 1000 ha | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 216 | Maldives | 0.28 1000 ha | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 217 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 0.25 1000 ha | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 218 | Montserrat | 0.21 1000 ha | 2022 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 219 | United States Virgin Islands | 0.18 1000 ha | 2022 | unchanged | falling |
| 220 | Guam | 0.15 1000 ha | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 221 | Grenada | 0.14 1000 ha | 2022 | unchanged | falling |
| 222 | Anguilla | 0.13 1000 ha | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 223 | Kiribati | 0.12 1000 ha | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 224 | San Marino | 0.09 1000 ha | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 224 | Norfolk Island | 0.09 1000 ha | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 226 | Gibraltar | 0.07 1000 ha | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 227 | Dominica | 0.06 1000 ha | 2022 | up 50.0% | flat |
| 228 | Tuvalu | 0.05 1000 ha | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 229 | Marshall Islands | 0.04 1000 ha | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 230 | British Virgin Islands | 0.03 1000 ha | 2022 | unchanged | falling |
| 230 | China, Macao SAR | 0.03 1000 ha | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 232 | Bermuda | 0.01 1000 ha | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 232 | United States Minor Outlying Islands | 0.01 1000 ha | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 232 | Naoero | 0.01 1000 ha | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 235 | Monaco | 0 1000 ha | 2022 | — | flat |
| 235 | Western Sahara | 0 1000 ha | 2022 | — | flat |
| 235 | Tokelau | 0 1000 ha | 2022 | — | flat |
| 235 | Antarctica | 0 1000 ha | 2022 | — | flat |
| 235 | Pitcairn | 0 1000 ha | 2022 | — | flat |
| 235 | South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands | 0 1000 ha | 2022 | — | flat |
| 235 | Heard Island and McDonald Islands | 0 1000 ha | 2022 | — | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 1.60 million 1000 ha
- Americas 647,099 1000 ha
- Africa 449,879 1000 ha
- South America 312,744 1000 ha
- Northern America 259,773 1000 ha
- Eastern Africa 203,010 1000 ha
- United States of America 200,630 1000 ha
- Oceania 182,654 1000 ha
- Europe 161,371 1000 ha
- Asia 158,598 1000 ha
- Eastern Europe 138,655 1000 ha
- Southern Africa 127,763 1000 ha
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.