Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Eastern Asia
Eastern Asia: Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC was 27,559 1000 ha in 2022. ▼ Falling
Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Eastern Asia, 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 Eastern Asia is 27,559 1000 ha, measured in 2022.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 0.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Eastern Asia peaked at 29,406 1000 ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 27,115 1000 ha, in 2007.
That places Eastern Asia 17th out of 26 groups with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 31 years of available data.
Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Eastern Asia, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 29,406 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 29,402 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1994 | 29,398 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1995 | 29,253 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 1996 | 29,037 1000 ha | -0.7% |
| 1997 | 28,905 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 1998 | 28,848 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 1999 | 28,666 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2000 | 28,410 1000 ha | -0.9% |
| 2001 | 28,166 1000 ha | -0.9% |
| 2002 | 28,039 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2003 | 27,784 1000 ha | -0.9% |
| 2004 | 27,364 1000 ha | -1.5% |
| 2005 | 27,285 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2006 | 27,246 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 27,115 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2008 | 27,180 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 27,275 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 27,317 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 27,352 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 27,424 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 27,425 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 27,429 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 27,427 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 27,297 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 27,269 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 27,324 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 27,357 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 27,443 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 27,477 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 27,559 1000 ha | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 29,114 1000 ha | 28,666 1000 ha | 29,406 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 27,586 1000 ha | 27,115 1000 ha | 28,410 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 27,362 1000 ha | 27,269 1000 ha | 27,429 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 27,493 1000 ha | 27,443 1000 ha | 27,559 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Asia
- 14 China 23,500 1000 ha compare
- 14 Timor-Leste 117.49 1000 ha compare
- 15 China, mainland 23,458 1000 ha compare
- 15 Polynesia 41.12 1000 ha compare
- 16 Angola 23,151 1000 ha compare
- 16 Republic of Moldova 8.15 1000 ha compare
- 17 Kazakhstan 22,500 1000 ha compare
- 17 Micronesia 3.41 1000 ha compare
- 18 India 21,353 1000 ha compare
- 18 Wallis and Futuna Islands 0.86 1000 ha compare
- 19 Kenya 20,127 1000 ha compare
- 20 Micronesia (Federated States of) 0.25 1000 ha compare
- 20 Namibia 17,607 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Eastern Asia
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -2.3 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -2 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.309 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.98 °C (2025)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 137.56 million t (2024)
- Recovered paper — Production 98.06 million t (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Production 173.25 million t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Production 137.00 million t (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per area of cropland 68.03 kg/ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Eastern Asia?
- Shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Eastern Asia was 27,559 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 Eastern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 29,406 1000 ha in 1992.
- What is the lowest shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Eastern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 27,115 1000 ha in 2007.
- How does Eastern Asia rank for shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc?
- Eastern Asia ranks 17th out of 26 groups with data for 2022.
- Is shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Eastern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Eastern 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
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.