Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Botswana
Botswana: Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC was 44,738 1000 ha in 2022. ▬ Flat
Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Botswana, 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 Botswana is 44,738 1000 ha, measured in 2022. That is the lowest value across all 31 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and down 0.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Botswana peaked at 45,432 1000 ha in 1998 and was at its lowest, 44,738 1000 ha, in 2022.
Botswana ranks 11th of 224 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Botswana, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 45,412 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 45,411 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1994 | 45,411 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1995 | 45,422 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 45,428 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 45,428 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 45,432 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 45,432 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2000 | 45,343 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2001 | 45,325 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2002 | 45,316 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2003 | 45,321 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 45,272 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 45,268 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2006 | 45,247 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2007 | 45,238 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2008 | 45,179 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 45,102 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2010 | 45,095 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2011 | 45,093 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2012 | 45,089 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2013 | 45,080 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 45,055 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 45,055 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 44,994 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 44,926 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 44,902 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 44,883 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2020 | 44,868 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2021 | 44,792 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 44,738 1000 ha | -0.1% |
Botswana compared with similar countries
- Botswana's 44,738 1000 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 441.84 1000 ha, 101.3× the median. (52 countries reporting)
- Botswana's 44,738 1000 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 2,550 1000 ha, 17.5× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 45,422 1000 ha | 45,411 1000 ha | 45,432 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 45,261 1000 ha | 45,102 1000 ha | 45,343 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 45,017 1000 ha | 44,883 1000 ha | 45,095 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 44,799 1000 ha | 44,738 1000 ha | 44,868 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Botswana
- 8 Canada 58,090 1000 ha compare
- 8 Türkiye 7,084 1000 ha compare
- 9 Ethiopia 48,006 1000 ha compare
- 9 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 6,836 1000 ha compare
- 10 Sudan (former) 45,490 1000 ha compare
- 10 Viet Nam 5,809 1000 ha compare
- 11 Melanesia 907.08 1000 ha compare
- 12 Somalia 36,754 1000 ha compare
- 12 Syrian Arab Republic 236.79 1000 ha compare
- 13 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 136.42 1000 ha compare
- 13 South Sudan 28,213 1000 ha compare
- 14 China 23,500 1000 ha compare
- 14 Timor-Leste 117.49 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Botswana
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 6.04 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 6.49 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.381 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.443 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual -4.05 % 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 0.3323 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Botswana?
- Shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Botswana was 44,738 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 Botswana?
- The highest recorded value was 45,432 1000 ha in 1998.
- What is the lowest shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Botswana?
- The lowest recorded value was 44,738 1000 ha in 2022.
- How does Botswana rank for shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc?
- Botswana ranks 11th out of 224 countries with data for 2022.
- Is shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Botswana?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Botswana 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.