Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Africa
Africa: Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC was 449,879 1000 ha in 2022. ▼ Falling
Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Africa, 1992–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Africa recorded 449,879 1000 ha for shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in 2022. That is the lowest value across all 31 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.2% on the previous year and down 1.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Africa peaked at 481,938 1000 ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 449,879 1000 ha, in 2022.
Africa ranks 3rd of 29 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 31 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 479,514 1000 ha | 474,809 1000 ha | 481,938 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 464,622 1000 ha | 458,998 1000 ha | 471,005 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 456,092 1000 ha | 451,877 1000 ha | 458,904 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 450,693 1000 ha | 449,879 1000 ha | 451,638 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Africa
More environment data for Africa
- Agricultural land — Value of agricultural production (Int. $) per Area 359.84 USD_PPP/ha (2024)
- Arable land — Area 266,831 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Area per capita 0.21 ha/cap (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Land area 10.45 % (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Agricultural land 26.39 % (2024)
- Cropland — Area 312,792 1000 ha (2024)
- Agricultural land — Area 1.19 million 1000 ha (2024)
- Land area — Area 2.99 million 1000 ha (2024)
- Agriculture — Area 1.19 million 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 22.51 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Africa?
- Shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Africa was 449,879 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 Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 481,938 1000 ha in 1992.
- What is the lowest shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 449,879 1000 ha in 2022.
- How does Africa rank for shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc?
- Africa ranks 3rd out of 29 groups with data for 2022.
- Is shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Africa 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.