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

Latest (2022)
917.73 1000 ha
Change on year
up 1.0%
World rank
81st
of 241 countries
All-time high
917.73 1000 ha
in 2022
All-time low
871.5 1000 ha
in 1996
Years of data
31
1992–2022

Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Japan, 1992–2022

02004006008001.0k1992200720221992: 875.9 1000 ha1993: 875.7 1000 ha1994: 875.6 1000 ha1995: 871.6 1000 ha1996: 871.5 1000 ha1997: 873.3 1000 ha1998: 876.3 1000 ha1999: 891 1000 ha2000: 899.9 1000 ha2001: 891.7 1000 ha2002: 892.4 1000 ha2003: 889.9 1000 ha2004: 893.9 1000 ha2005: 892.5 1000 ha2006: 891.1 1000 ha2007: 890 1000 ha2008: 888.2 1000 ha2009: 885.6 1000 ha2010: 886.4 1000 ha2011: 886.6 1000 ha2012: 887 1000 ha2013: 887.2 1000 ha2014: 890.3 1000 ha2015: 889.8 1000 ha2016: 894.5 1000 ha2017: 896.8 1000 ha2018: 902.8 1000 ha2019: 904.5 1000 ha2020: 904.4 1000 ha2021: 908.6 1000 ha2022: 917.7 1000 ha

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 81st of 241 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest 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

  1. 78 Azerbaijan 990.32 1000 ha compare
  2. 79 Nicaragua 953.4 1000 ha compare
  3. 80 Germany 940.45 1000 ha compare
  4. 82 Melanesia 907.08 1000 ha compare
  5. 83 Honduras 845.07 1000 ha compare
  6. 84 Bangladesh 823.97 1000 ha compare

See the full ranking of 270 places →

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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 81st out of 241 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

Indicator
Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC
Unit
1000 ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
270 places, 8,231 data points, 1992–2022
Last refreshed

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.