Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in France
France: Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC was 1,610 1000 ha in 2022. ▲ Rising
Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in France, 1992–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
France recorded 1,610 1000 ha for shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in 2022. That is the highest value across all 31 years on record.
The figure is up 2.3% on the previous year and up 8.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in France peaked at 1,610 1000 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 1,342 1000 ha, in 1997.
That places France 59th 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 France, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 1,375 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 1,375 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1994 | 1,375 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1995 | 1,364 1000 ha | -0.7% |
| 1996 | 1,352 1000 ha | -0.9% |
| 1997 | 1,342 1000 ha | -0.7% |
| 1998 | 1,354 1000 ha | +0.9% |
| 1999 | 1,362 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2000 | 1,376 1000 ha | +1.1% |
| 2001 | 1,384 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 1,391 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 1,397 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2004 | 1,411 1000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 1,411 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 1,411 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 1,412 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 1,408 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2009 | 1,421 1000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 1,471 1000 ha | +3.5% |
| 2011 | 1,487 1000 ha | +1.1% |
| 2012 | 1,490 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 1,489 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 1,502 1000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 1,502 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 1,508 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 1,511 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 1,523 1000 ha | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 1,543 1000 ha | +1.3% |
| 2020 | 1,553 1000 ha | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 1,573 1000 ha | +1.3% |
| 2022 | 1,610 1000 ha | +2.3% |
France compared with similar countries
- France's 1,610 1000 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 99.4 1000 ha, 16.2× the median. (73 countries reporting)
- France's 1,610 1000 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 277.14 1000 ha, 5.8× the median. (51 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1,362 1000 ha | 1,342 1000 ha | 1,375 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 1,402 1000 ha | 1,376 1000 ha | 1,421 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,503 1000 ha | 1,471 1000 ha | 1,543 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,579 1000 ha | 1,553 1000 ha | 1,610 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near France
More environment data for France
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -2.44 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -3.44 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.427 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.31 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate -3.66 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual -3.23 % 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 -0.1777 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in France?
- Shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in France was 1,610 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 France?
- The highest recorded value was 1,610 1000 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc recorded in France?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,342 1000 ha in 1997.
- How does France rank for shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc?
- France ranks 59th out of 224 countries with data for 2022.
- Is shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in France?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this France 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.