Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in India
India: Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC was 21,353 1000 ha in 2022. ▼ Falling
Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in India, 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 India stood at 21,353 1000 ha.
The figure is up 0.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in India peaked at 22,641 1000 ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 21,153 1000 ha, in 2017.
That places India 18th out of 224 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 31 years of available data.
Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in India, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 22,641 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 22,640 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1994 | 22,640 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1995 | 22,564 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 1996 | 22,369 1000 ha | -0.9% |
| 1997 | 22,209 1000 ha | -0.7% |
| 1998 | 22,150 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 1999 | 21,871 1000 ha | -1.3% |
| 2000 | 21,661 1000 ha | -1.0% |
| 2001 | 21,670 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 21,640 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 21,563 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2004 | 21,431 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2005 | 21,380 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2006 | 21,355 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 21,311 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 21,293 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 21,277 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 21,267 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2011 | 21,253 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 21,248 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2013 | 21,244 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 21,249 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 21,246 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 21,181 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 21,153 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 21,186 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 21,279 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 21,330 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 21,350 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 21,353 1000 ha | +0.0% |
India compared with similar countries
- India's 21,353 1000 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 823.97 1000 ha, 25.9× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- India's 21,353 1000 ha is above the median for South Asia, which is 673.16 1000 ha, 31.7× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 22,386 1000 ha | 21,871 1000 ha | 22,641 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 21,458 1000 ha | 21,277 1000 ha | 21,670 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 21,231 1000 ha | 21,153 1000 ha | 21,279 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 21,344 1000 ha | 21,330 1000 ha | 21,353 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near India
- 15 China, mainland 23,458 1000 ha compare
- 15 Polynesia 41.12 1000 ha compare
- 16 Angola 23,151 1000 ha compare
- 16 Republic of Moldova 8.15 1000 ha compare
- 17 Kazakhstan 22,500 1000 ha compare
- 17 Micronesia 3.41 1000 ha compare
- 18 Wallis and Futuna Islands 0.86 1000 ha compare
- 19 Kenya 20,127 1000 ha compare
- 20 Micronesia (Federated States of) 0.25 1000 ha compare
- 20 Namibia 17,607 1000 ha compare
- 21 Sudan 15,693 1000 ha compare
More environment data for India
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 11.05 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 12.52 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.254 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.954 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 17.18 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 3.92 % 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 1.12 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in India?
- Shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in India was 21,353 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 India?
- The highest recorded value was 22,641 1000 ha in 1992.
- What is the lowest shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 21,153 1000 ha in 2017.
- How does India rank for shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc?
- India ranks 18th out of 224 countries with data for 2022.
- Is shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this India 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.