Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Ecuador
Ecuador: Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC was 2,887 1000 ha in 2022. ▬ Flat
Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Ecuador, 1992–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Ecuador recorded 2,887 1000 ha for shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in 2022. That is the lowest value across all 31 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 5.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Ecuador peaked at 3,087 1000 ha in 2005 and was at its lowest, 2,887 1000 ha, in 2022.
Ecuador ranks 46th of 224 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Ecuador, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 3,022 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 3,023 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 3,022 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1995 | 3,026 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 1996 | 3,025 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1997 | 3,025 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1998 | 3,027 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 1999 | 3,037 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2000 | 3,048 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2001 | 3,053 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 3,055 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 3,067 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 3,086 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 3,087 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 3,086 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2007 | 3,083 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 3,076 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2009 | 3,069 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2010 | 3,063 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 3,058 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 3,053 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 3,046 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 3,011 1000 ha | -1.1% |
| 2015 | 3,010 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 3,004 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 3,002 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 2,995 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 2,978 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2020 | 2,969 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2021 | 2,888 1000 ha | -2.7% |
| 2022 | 2,887 1000 ha | -0.0% |
Ecuador compared with similar countries
- Ecuador's 2,887 1000 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 441.84 1000 ha, 6.5× the median. (52 countries reporting)
- Ecuador's 2,887 1000 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 129.36 1000 ha, 22.3× the median. (37 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3,026 1000 ha | 3,022 1000 ha | 3,037 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 3,071 1000 ha | 3,048 1000 ha | 3,087 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,022 1000 ha | 2,978 1000 ha | 3,063 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,915 1000 ha | 2,887 1000 ha | 2,969 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Ecuador
More environment data for Ecuador
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 0.3767 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -1.05 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.4 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.49 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate -0.5742 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 1.65 % 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 -1.14 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Ecuador?
- Shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Ecuador was 2,887 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 Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 3,087 1000 ha in 2005.
- What is the lowest shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,887 1000 ha in 2022.
- How does Ecuador rank for shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc?
- Ecuador ranks 46th out of 224 countries with data for 2022.
- Is shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Ecuador 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.