Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Americas

Americas: Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC was 647,099 1000 ha in 2022. ▬ Flat

Latest (2022)
647,099 1000 ha
Change on year
down 0.1%
Rank
2nd
of 26 groups
All-time high
648,224 1000 ha
in 2020
All-time low
634,518 1000 ha
in 2001
Years of data
31
1992–2022

Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Americas, 1992–2022

0200.0k400.0k600.0k1992200720221992: 637.2k 1000 ha1993: 637.6k 1000 ha1994: 637.6k 1000 ha1995: 637.7k 1000 ha1996: 636.9k 1000 ha1997: 636.3k 1000 ha1998: 636.5k 1000 ha1999: 635.7k 1000 ha2000: 634.8k 1000 ha2001: 634.5k 1000 ha2002: 634.6k 1000 ha2003: 635.1k 1000 ha2004: 637.9k 1000 ha2005: 638.0k 1000 ha2006: 638.4k 1000 ha2007: 639.1k 1000 ha2008: 640.2k 1000 ha2009: 640.9k 1000 ha2010: 642.4k 1000 ha2011: 643.9k 1000 ha2012: 644.8k 1000 ha2013: 645.3k 1000 ha2014: 645.5k 1000 ha2015: 645.6k 1000 ha2016: 645.4k 1000 ha2017: 645.3k 1000 ha2018: 646.8k 1000 ha2019: 648.2k 1000 ha2020: 648.2k 1000 ha2021: 647.8k 1000 ha2022: 647.1k 1000 ha

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.

Analysis

Americas recorded 647,099 1000 ha for shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in 2022.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.1% on the previous year and up 0.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Americas peaked at 648,224 1000 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 634,518 1000 ha, in 2001.

Americas ranks 2nd of 26 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.

Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Americas, year by year

Annual values for Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Americas, 1992 to 2022.
Year 1000 ha Change
1992 637,243 1000 ha —
1993 637,648 1000 ha +0.1%
1994 637,581 1000 ha -0.0%
1995 637,718 1000 ha +0.0%
1996 636,891 1000 ha -0.1%
1997 636,297 1000 ha -0.1%
1998 636,452 1000 ha +0.0%
1999 635,672 1000 ha -0.1%
2000 634,784 1000 ha -0.1%
2001 634,518 1000 ha -0.0%
2002 634,579 1000 ha +0.0%
2003 635,122 1000 ha +0.1%
2004 637,909 1000 ha +0.4%
2005 638,014 1000 ha +0.0%
2006 638,448 1000 ha +0.1%
2007 639,132 1000 ha +0.1%
2008 640,227 1000 ha +0.2%
2009 640,861 1000 ha +0.1%
2010 642,418 1000 ha +0.2%
2011 643,882 1000 ha +0.2%
2012 644,797 1000 ha +0.1%
2013 645,268 1000 ha +0.1%
2014 645,496 1000 ha +0.0%
2015 645,572 1000 ha +0.0%
2016 645,356 1000 ha -0.0%
2017 645,259 1000 ha -0.0%
2018 646,824 1000 ha +0.2%
2019 648,205 1000 ha +0.2%
2020 648,224 1000 ha +0.0%
2021 647,777 1000 ha -0.1%
2022 647,099 1000 ha -0.1%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 636,938 1000 ha 635,672 1000 ha 637,718 1000 ha 8
2000s 637,359 1000 ha 634,518 1000 ha 640,861 1000 ha 10
2010s 645,308 1000 ha 642,418 1000 ha 648,205 1000 ha 10
2020s 647,700 1000 ha 647,099 1000 ha 648,224 1000 ha 3

Countries ranked near Americas

  1. 1 Australia and New Zealand 181,702 1000 ha compare
  2. 2 Australia 179,257 1000 ha compare
  3. 3 Brazil 146,572 1000 ha compare
  4. 3 United Republic of Tanzania 16,720 1000 ha compare
  5. 4 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 13,170 1000 ha compare
  6. 4 Russian Federation 136,116 1000 ha compare
  7. 5 Argentina 98,450 1000 ha compare
  8. 5 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 7,570 1000 ha compare

See the full ranking of 270 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Americas?
Shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Americas was 647,099 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 Americas?
The highest recorded value was 648,224 1000 ha in 2020.
What is the lowest shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Americas?
The lowest recorded value was 634,518 1000 ha in 2001.
How does Americas rank for shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc?
Americas ranks 2nd out of 26 groups with data for 2022.
Is shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Americas?
Over the last ten years it is up 0.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Americas 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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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
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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.