Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in European Union (27)
European Union (27): Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC was 20,635 1000 ha in 2022. ▲ Rising
Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in European Union (27), 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 European Union (27) is 20,635 1000 ha, measured in 2022. That is the highest value across all 31 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.6% on the previous year and up 4.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in European Union (27) peaked at 20,635 1000 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 18,929 1000 ha, in 1992.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 31 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 19,111 1000 ha | 18,929 1000 ha | 19,264 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 19,306 1000 ha | 19,167 1000 ha | 19,534 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 19,910 1000 ha | 19,653 1000 ha | 20,373 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 20,527 1000 ha | 20,428 1000 ha | 20,635 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near European Union (27)
More environment data for European Union (27)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.429 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.31 °C (2025)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per capita 5.35 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per capita 4.18 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per value of agricultural 5.46 g/Int$ (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity 3.99 million t (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Agricultural Use 2.41 million t (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 6.99 g/Int$ (2024)
- Land area — Area 398,812 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in European Union (27)?
- Shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in European Union (27) was 20,635 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 European Union (27)?
- The highest recorded value was 20,635 1000 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc recorded in European Union (27)?
- The lowest recorded value was 18,929 1000 ha in 1992.
- How does European Union (27) rank for shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc?
- European Union (27) ranks 5th out of 7 groups with data for 2022.
- Is shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in European Union (27)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this European Union (27) 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.