Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Central America

Central America: Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC was 73,820 1000 ha in 2022. ▬ Flat

Latest (2022)
73,820 1000 ha
Change on year
down 0.1%
Rank
13th
of 29 groups
All-time high
74,971 1000 ha
in 1995
All-time low
73,732 1000 ha
in 2007
Years of data
31
1992–2022

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

020.0k40.0k60.0k80.0k1992200720221992: 74.9k 1000 ha1993: 74.9k 1000 ha1994: 74.9k 1000 ha1995: 75.0k 1000 ha1996: 74.9k 1000 ha1997: 74.9k 1000 ha1998: 74.9k 1000 ha1999: 74.5k 1000 ha2000: 74.2k 1000 ha2001: 74.0k 1000 ha2002: 73.9k 1000 ha2003: 73.9k 1000 ha2004: 73.9k 1000 ha2005: 73.8k 1000 ha2006: 73.8k 1000 ha2007: 73.7k 1000 ha2008: 73.8k 1000 ha2009: 73.8k 1000 ha2010: 73.8k 1000 ha2011: 73.9k 1000 ha2012: 74.0k 1000 ha2013: 74.0k 1000 ha2014: 74.0k 1000 ha2015: 74.0k 1000 ha2016: 73.9k 1000 ha2017: 73.8k 1000 ha2018: 73.9k 1000 ha2019: 73.8k 1000 ha2020: 73.9k 1000 ha2021: 73.9k 1000 ha2022: 73.8k 1000 ha

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

Analysis

Central America recorded 73,820 1000 ha for shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in 2022.

The figure is down 0.1% on the previous year and down 0.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Central America peaked at 74,971 1000 ha in 1995 and was at its lowest, 73,732 1000 ha, in 2007.

Central America ranks 13th of 29 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 74,851 1000 ha 74,468 1000 ha 74,971 1000 ha 8
2000s 73,866 1000 ha 73,732 1000 ha 74,171 1000 ha 10
2010s 73,921 1000 ha 73,819 1000 ha 74,032 1000 ha 10
2020s 73,849 1000 ha 73,820 1000 ha 73,866 1000 ha 3

Countries ranked near Central America

  1. 10 Botswana 44,738 1000 ha compare
  2. 11 Somalia 36,754 1000 ha compare
  3. 12 South Sudan 28,213 1000 ha compare
  4. 13 China 23,500 1000 ha compare
  5. 14 China, mainland 23,458 1000 ha compare
  6. 15 Angola 23,151 1000 ha compare
  7. 16 Kazakhstan 22,500 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Central America?
Shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Central America was 73,820 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 Central America?
The highest recorded value was 74,971 1000 ha in 1995.
What is the lowest shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Central America?
The lowest recorded value was 73,732 1000 ha in 2007.
How does Central America rank for shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc?
Central America ranks 13th out of 29 groups with data for 2022.
Is shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Central America?
Over the last ten years it is down 0.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Central America 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

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.