Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Europe

Europe: Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC was 161,371 1000 ha in 2022. ▲ Rising

Latest (2022)
161,371 1000 ha
Change on year
up 0.3%
Rank
9th
of 29 groups
All-time high
161,371 1000 ha
in 2022
All-time low
142,977 1000 ha
in 1995
Years of data
31
1992–2022

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

050.0k100.0k150.0k1992200720221992: 143.3k 1000 ha1993: 143.3k 1000 ha1994: 143.2k 1000 ha1995: 143.0k 1000 ha1996: 143.3k 1000 ha1997: 143.5k 1000 ha1998: 143.8k 1000 ha1999: 144.9k 1000 ha2000: 146.0k 1000 ha2001: 146.5k 1000 ha2002: 146.8k 1000 ha2003: 146.9k 1000 ha2004: 147.6k 1000 ha2005: 147.8k 1000 ha2006: 147.8k 1000 ha2007: 148.1k 1000 ha2008: 148.5k 1000 ha2009: 149.2k 1000 ha2010: 149.8k 1000 ha2011: 150.7k 1000 ha2012: 151.3k 1000 ha2013: 151.5k 1000 ha2014: 152.1k 1000 ha2015: 152.6k 1000 ha2016: 152.1k 1000 ha2017: 152.5k 1000 ha2018: 156.0k 1000 ha2019: 159.6k 1000 ha2020: 160.4k 1000 ha2021: 160.8k 1000 ha2022: 161.4k 1000 ha

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 Europe is 161,371 1000 ha, measured in 2022. That is the highest value across all 31 years on record.

The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 6.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Europe peaked at 161,371 1000 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 142,977 1000 ha, in 1995.

Europe ranks 9th of 29 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.

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

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 143,516 1000 ha 142,977 1000 ha 144,856 1000 ha 8
2000s 147,522 1000 ha 146,004 1000 ha 149,152 1000 ha 10
2010s 152,818 1000 ha 149,802 1000 ha 159,581 1000 ha 10
2020s 160,872 1000 ha 160,424 1000 ha 161,371 1000 ha 3

Countries ranked near Europe

  1. 6 Mexico 70,432 1000 ha compare
  2. 7 Canada 58,090 1000 ha compare
  3. 8 Ethiopia 48,006 1000 ha compare
  4. 9 Sudan (former) 45,490 1000 ha compare
  5. 10 Botswana 44,738 1000 ha compare
  6. 11 Somalia 36,754 1000 ha compare
  7. 12 South Sudan 28,213 1000 ha compare

See the full ranking of 270 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Europe?
Shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Europe was 161,371 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 Europe?
The highest recorded value was 161,371 1000 ha in 2022.
What is the lowest shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Europe?
The lowest recorded value was 142,977 1000 ha in 1995.
How does Europe rank for shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc?
Europe ranks 9th out of 29 groups with data for 2022.
Is shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Europe?
Over the last ten years it is up 6.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Europe 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.