Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC was 3,123 1000 ha in 2022. ▼ Falling
Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Afghanistan, 1992–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Afghanistan is 3,123 1000 ha, measured in 2022.
The figure is down 0.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Afghanistan peaked at 3,352 1000 ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 3,122 1000 ha, in 2018.
Afghanistan ranks 43rd of 224 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 31 years of available data.
Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Afghanistan, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 3,352 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 3,352 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 3,352 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1995 | 3,313 1000 ha | -1.1% |
| 1996 | 3,308 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 1997 | 3,293 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 1998 | 3,288 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 1999 | 3,256 1000 ha | -1.0% |
| 2000 | 3,212 1000 ha | -1.3% |
| 2001 | 3,165 1000 ha | -1.5% |
| 2002 | 3,151 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2003 | 3,139 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2004 | 3,131 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2005 | 3,129 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 3,125 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 3,124 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 3,123 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2009 | 3,125 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 3,125 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2011 | 3,124 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2012 | 3,124 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2013 | 3,124 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 3,123 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2015 | 3,123 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 3,123 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2017 | 3,122 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 3,122 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2019 | 3,124 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 3,124 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 3,124 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2022 | 3,123 1000 ha | -0.0% |
Afghanistan compared with similar countries
- Afghanistan's 3,123 1000 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 2,566 1000 ha, 1.2× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Afghanistan's 3,123 1000 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 78.82 1000 ha, 39.6× the median. (21 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3,314 1000 ha | 3,256 1000 ha | 3,352 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 3,142 1000 ha | 3,123 1000 ha | 3,212 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,123 1000 ha | 3,122 1000 ha | 3,125 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,124 1000 ha | 3,123 1000 ha | 3,124 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Afghanistan
More environment data for Afghanistan
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -19.95 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -17.12 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.547 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.96 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate -100 % change on previous year (1990)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 1.85 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate 0.7636 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Afghanistan?
- Shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Afghanistan was 3,123 1000 ha in 2022, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Afghanistan?
- The highest recorded value was 3,352 1000 ha in 1992.
- What is the lowest shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Afghanistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,122 1000 ha in 2018.
- How does Afghanistan rank for shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc?
- Afghanistan ranks 43rd out of 224 countries with data for 2022.
- Is shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Afghanistan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Afghanistan data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.