Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Canada
Canada: Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC was 58,090 1000 ha in 2022. ▲ Rising
Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Canada, 1992–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
In 2022, shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Canada stood at 58,090 1000 ha. That is the highest value across all 31 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.5% on the previous year and up 5.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Canada peaked at 58,090 1000 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 52,338 1000 ha, in 1997.
That places Canada 8th out of 224 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 31 years of available data.
Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Canada, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 52,744 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 52,741 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1994 | 52,739 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1995 | 52,569 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 1996 | 52,432 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 1997 | 52,338 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 1998 | 52,405 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 1999 | 52,526 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2000 | 52,719 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 52,781 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 52,843 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 53,040 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 53,244 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 53,209 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 53,262 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 53,450 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 53,718 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 53,807 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 54,274 1000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 54,758 1000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2012 | 55,101 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 55,232 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 55,383 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 55,490 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 55,922 1000 ha | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 56,019 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 56,609 1000 ha | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 57,619 1000 ha | +1.8% |
| 2020 | 57,668 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 57,814 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 58,090 1000 ha | +0.5% |
Canada compared with similar countries
- Canada's 58,090 1000 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 99.4 1000 ha, 584.4× the median. (73 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 52,561 1000 ha | 52,338 1000 ha | 52,744 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 53,207 1000 ha | 52,719 1000 ha | 53,807 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 55,641 1000 ha | 54,274 1000 ha | 57,619 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 57,857 1000 ha | 57,668 1000 ha | 58,090 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Canada
- 5 Argentina 98,450 1000 ha compare
- 5 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 7,570 1000 ha compare
- 6 Democratic Republic of the Congo 7,529 1000 ha compare
- 6 Mexico 70,432 1000 ha compare
- 7 Lao People's Democratic Republic 7,227 1000 ha compare
- 7 South Africa 64,444 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 Botswana 44,738 1000 ha compare
- 11 Melanesia 907.08 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Canada
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -2.52 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -6.76 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.642 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.96 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 2.9 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 1.7 % 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 -0.3398 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Canada?
- Shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Canada was 58,090 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 Canada?
- The highest recorded value was 58,090 1000 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Canada?
- The lowest recorded value was 52,338 1000 ha in 1997.
- How does Canada rank for shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc?
- Canada ranks 8th out of 224 countries with data for 2022.
- Is shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Canada?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Canada 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.