Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Eswatini
Eswatini: Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC was 202.43 1000 ha in 2022. ▲ Rising
Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Eswatini, 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 Eswatini stood at 202.43 1000 ha. That is the highest value across all 31 years on record.
The figure is up 0.6% on the previous year and up 1.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Eswatini peaked at 202.43 1000 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 190 1000 ha, in 1993.
That places Eswatini 111th out of 224 countries 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.
Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Eswatini, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 190.01 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 190 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1994 | 190 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 190.3 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 1996 | 190.36 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 190.67 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 1998 | 190.96 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 1999 | 194.69 1000 ha | +2.0% |
| 2000 | 198.23 1000 ha | +1.8% |
| 2001 | 198.93 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 200.04 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2003 | 200.88 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 201.37 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 200.5 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2006 | 199.1 1000 ha | -0.7% |
| 2007 | 199.34 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 199.1 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 199.45 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 199.34 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 199.54 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 199.46 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2013 | 199.56 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 200.41 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 200.39 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 199.93 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 200.02 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 200.15 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 200.38 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 200.55 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 201.19 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 202.43 1000 ha | +0.6% |
Eswatini compared with similar countries
- Eswatini's 202.43 1000 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 823.97 1000 ha, 25% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Eswatini's 202.43 1000 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 2,550 1000 ha, 8% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 190.87 1000 ha | 190 1000 ha | 194.69 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 199.69 1000 ha | 198.23 1000 ha | 201.37 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 199.92 1000 ha | 199.34 1000 ha | 200.41 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 201.39 1000 ha | 200.55 1000 ha | 202.43 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Eswatini
More environment data for Eswatini
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.321 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.02 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.2772 % 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 -2.19 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Eswatini?
- Shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Eswatini was 202.43 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 Eswatini?
- The highest recorded value was 202.43 1000 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Eswatini?
- The lowest recorded value was 190 1000 ha in 1993.
- How does Eswatini rank for shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc?
- Eswatini ranks 111th out of 224 countries with data for 2022.
- Is shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Eswatini?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eswatini 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.