Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Italy
Italy: Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC was 1,392 1000 ha in 2022. ▲ Rising
Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Italy, 1992–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Italy recorded 1,392 1000 ha for shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in 2022. That is the highest value across all 31 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and up 2.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Italy peaked at 1,392 1000 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 1,295 1000 ha, in 1996.
Italy ranks 64th of 224 countries on this measure, 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 Italy, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 1,311 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 1,311 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1994 | 1,311 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1995 | 1,296 1000 ha | -1.1% |
| 1996 | 1,295 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 1997 | 1,297 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 1998 | 1,304 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 1999 | 1,344 1000 ha | +3.1% |
| 2000 | 1,358 1000 ha | +1.0% |
| 2001 | 1,363 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 1,363 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2003 | 1,369 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2004 | 1,379 1000 ha | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 1,374 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2006 | 1,369 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2007 | 1,366 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 1,364 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2009 | 1,363 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 1,364 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 1,364 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 1,365 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 1,365 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 1,370 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 1,370 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 1,370 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2017 | 1,370 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 1,373 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 1,379 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 1,381 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 1,386 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 1,392 1000 ha | +0.4% |
Italy compared with similar countries
- Italy's 1,392 1000 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 99.4 1000 ha, 14.0× the median. (73 countries reporting)
- Italy's 1,392 1000 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 277.14 1000 ha, 5.0× the median. (51 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1,309 1000 ha | 1,295 1000 ha | 1,344 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 1,367 1000 ha | 1,358 1000 ha | 1,379 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,369 1000 ha | 1,364 1000 ha | 1,379 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,387 1000 ha | 1,381 1000 ha | 1,392 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Italy
More environment data for Italy
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 2.04 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 2.47 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.324 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.18 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 6.1 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual -1.94 % 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 -0.2257 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Italy?
- Shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Italy was 1,392 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 Italy?
- The highest recorded value was 1,392 1000 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,295 1000 ha in 1996.
- How does Italy rank for shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc?
- Italy ranks 64th out of 224 countries with data for 2022.
- Is shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Italy?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Italy 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.