Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Benin
Benin: Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC was 2,792 1000 ha in 2022. ▼ Falling
Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Benin, 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 Benin is 2,792 1000 ha, measured in 2022. That is the lowest value across all 31 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.3% on the previous year and down 13.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Benin peaked at 4,159 1000 ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 2,792 1000 ha, in 2022.
Benin ranks 56th of 241 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 31 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 4,096 1000 ha | 3,858 1000 ha | 4,159 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 3,442 1000 ha | 3,295 1000 ha | 3,623 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,151 1000 ha | 2,948 1000 ha | 3,278 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,872 1000 ha | 2,792 1000 ha | 2,936 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Benin
More environment data for Benin
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 0.56 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 24.33 1000 ha (2024)
- Inland waters — Area 200 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 4.88 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 11.31 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 550 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 13.74 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 668.34 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 74.95 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 3,646 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Benin?
- Shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Benin was 2,792 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 Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 4,159 1000 ha in 1992.
- What is the lowest shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,792 1000 ha in 2022.
- How does Benin rank for shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc?
- Benin ranks 56th out of 241 countries with data for 2022.
- Is shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Benin 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.