What is shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Caribbean?

Shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Caribbean was 761.38 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 Caribbean?

The highest recorded value was 806.67 1000 ha in 1992.

What is the lowest shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Caribbean?

The lowest recorded value was 717.29 1000 ha in 2008.

How does Caribbean rank for shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc?

Caribbean ranks 90th out of 241 countries with data for 2022.

Is shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Caribbean?

Over the last ten years it is up 5.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.

Where does this Caribbean 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.

Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Caribbean

Name: Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Caribbean
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)

Caribbean: Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC was 761.38 1000 ha in 2022. ▼ Falling

Latest (2022)

761.38 1000 ha

Change on year

down 0.1%

World rank

90th

of 241 countries

All-time high

806.67 1000 ha

in 1992

All-time low

717.29 1000 ha

in 2008

Years of data

1992–2022

Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Caribbean, 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 Caribbean stood at 761.38 1000 ha.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.1% on the previous year and up 5.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Caribbean peaked at 806.67 1000 ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 717.29 1000 ha, in 2008.

Caribbean ranks 90th of 241 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 31 years of available data.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1990s	795.29 1000 ha	770.02 1000 ha	806.67 1000 ha	8
2000s	732.81 1000 ha	717.29 1000 ha	760.7 1000 ha	10
2010s	732.17 1000 ha	718.66 1000 ha	750.91 1000 ha	10
2020s	759.91 1000 ha	756.07 1000 ha	762.29 1000 ha	3

Countries ranked near Caribbean

87 Lesotho 772.21 1000 ha compare
88 Guatemala 769.03 1000 ha compare
89 Mauritania 764.75 1000 ha compare
91 Papua New Guinea 737.94 1000 ha compare
92 Togo 666.62 1000 ha compare
93 Tajikistan 665.07 1000 ha compare

See the full ranking of 270 places →

More environment data for Caribbean

Cropland — Share in Agricultural land 57.71 % (2024)
Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 2.16 g/Int$ (2024)
Country area — Area 33,179 1000 ha (2024)
Land area — Area 22,277 1000 ha (2024)
Agriculture — Area 11,108 1000 ha (2024)
Agricultural land — Area 11,507 1000 ha (2024)
Agricultural land — Share in Land area 51.65 % (2024)
Agricultural land — Value of agricultural production (Int. $) per Area 1,207 USD_PPP/ha (2024)
Cropland — Area 6,641 1000 ha (2024)
Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 4,866 1000 ha (2024)

All data for Caribbean →

Frequently asked questions

What is shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Caribbean?: Shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Caribbean was 761.38 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 Caribbean?: The highest recorded value was 806.67 1000 ha in 1992.
What is the lowest shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Caribbean?: The lowest recorded value was 717.29 1000 ha in 2008.
How does Caribbean rank for shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc?: Caribbean ranks 90th out of 241 countries with data for 2022.
Is shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Caribbean?: Over the last ten years it is up 5.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Caribbean 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

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
Last refreshed: 12 August 2026

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.