Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Japan
Japan: Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC was 917.73 1000 ha in 2022. ▬ Flat
Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Japan, 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 Japan stood at 917.73 1000 ha. That is the highest value across all 31 years on record.
The figure is up 1.0% on the previous year and up 3.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Japan peaked at 917.73 1000 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 871.5 1000 ha, in 1996.
Japan ranks 74th of 224 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Japan, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 875.85 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 875.69 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1994 | 875.6 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1995 | 871.57 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 1996 | 871.5 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1997 | 873.27 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 1998 | 876.29 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 1999 | 890.96 1000 ha | +1.7% |
| 2000 | 899.91 1000 ha | +1.0% |
| 2001 | 891.72 1000 ha | -0.9% |
| 2002 | 892.37 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 889.87 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2004 | 893.93 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 892.51 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2006 | 891.14 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 889.97 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 888.18 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2009 | 885.57 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2010 | 886.41 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 886.62 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 887.01 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 887.22 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 890.34 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 889.75 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 894.55 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 896.77 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 902.79 1000 ha | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 904.49 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 904.42 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2021 | 908.57 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 917.73 1000 ha | +1.0% |
Japan compared with similar countries
- Japan's 917.73 1000 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 99.4 1000 ha, 9.2× the median. (73 countries reporting)
- Japan's 917.73 1000 ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 46.32 1000 ha, 19.8× the median. (27 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 876.34 1000 ha | 871.5 1000 ha | 890.96 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 891.52 1000 ha | 885.57 1000 ha | 899.91 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 892.6 1000 ha | 886.41 1000 ha | 904.49 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 910.24 1000 ha | 904.42 1000 ha | 917.73 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Japan
- 71 Azerbaijan 990.32 1000 ha compare
- 72 Nicaragua 953.4 1000 ha compare
- 73 Germany 940.45 1000 ha compare
- 75 Honduras 845.07 1000 ha compare
- 76 Bangladesh 823.97 1000 ha compare
- 77 Kyrgyzstan 819.93 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Japan
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -4.51 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -4.8 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.358 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.86 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate -3.12 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual -2.8 % 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 -0.4957 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Japan?
- Shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Japan was 917.73 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 Japan?
- The highest recorded value was 917.73 1000 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Japan?
- The lowest recorded value was 871.5 1000 ha in 1996.
- How does Japan rank for shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc?
- Japan ranks 74th out of 224 countries with data for 2022.
- Is shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Japan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Japan 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.