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

Shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Central Asia was 34,928 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 Asia?

The highest recorded value was 34,928 1000 ha in 2022.

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

The lowest recorded value was 33,177 1000 ha in 1995.

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

Central Asia ranks 19th out of 29 groups with data for 2022.

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

Over the last ten years it is up 1.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this Central Asia 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 Central Asia

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

Central Asia: Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC was 34,928 1000 ha in 2022. ▲ Rising

Latest (2022)

34,928 1000 ha

Change on year

up 0.0%

Rank

19th

of 29 groups

All-time high

34,928 1000 ha

in 2022

All-time low

33,177 1000 ha

in 1995

Years of data

1992–2022

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

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

Analysis

Central Asia recorded 34,928 1000 ha for shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in 2022. That is the highest value across all 31 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Central Asia peaked at 34,928 1000 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 33,177 1000 ha, in 1995.

That places Central Asia 19th out of 29 groups with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.

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

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1990s	33,239 1000 ha	33,177 1000 ha	33,448 1000 ha	8
2000s	33,987 1000 ha	33,798 1000 ha	34,179 1000 ha	10
2010s	34,490 1000 ha	34,359 1000 ha	34,865 1000 ha	10
2020s	34,920 1000 ha	34,910 1000 ha	34,928 1000 ha	3

Countries ranked near Central Asia

16 Kazakhstan 22,500 1000 ha compare
17 India 21,353 1000 ha compare
18 Kenya 20,127 1000 ha compare
19 Namibia 17,607 1000 ha compare
20 United Republic of Tanzania 16,720 1000 ha compare
21 Sudan 15,693 1000 ha compare
22 Mozambique 15,568 1000 ha compare

See the full ranking of 270 places →

More environment data for Central Asia

Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per capita 2.07 kg/cap (2024)
Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per capita 1.26 kg/cap (2024)
Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per value of agricultural 1.77 g/Int$ (2024)
Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity 18,549 t (2024)
Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Agricultural Use 170,406 t (2024)
Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per area of cropland 4.35 kg/ha (2024)
Value Added Deflator (Agriculture, forestry and fishery) — Value US$ 84.75 USD (2024)
Agriculture — Area 293,868 1000 ha (2024)
Country area — Area 400,636 1000 ha (2024)
Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per area of cropland 2.64 kg/ha (2024)

All data for Central Asia →

Frequently asked questions

What is shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Central Asia?: Shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Central Asia was 34,928 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 Asia?: The highest recorded value was 34,928 1000 ha in 2022.
What is the lowest shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Central Asia?: The lowest recorded value was 33,177 1000 ha in 1995.
How does Central Asia rank for shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc?: Central Asia ranks 19th out of 29 groups with data for 2022.
Is shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Central Asia?: Over the last ten years it is up 1.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Central Asia 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.