Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Liberia

Liberia: Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC was 189.41 1000 ha in 2022. ▲ Rising

Latest (2022)
189.41 1000 ha
Change on year
down 0.3%
World rank
125th
of 241 countries
All-time high
193.03 1000 ha
in 2010
All-time low
173.66 1000 ha
in 1996
Years of data
31
1992–2022

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

0501001502001992200720221992: 178 1000 ha1993: 178 1000 ha1994: 177.9 1000 ha1995: 175 1000 ha1996: 173.7 1000 ha1997: 174.9 1000 ha1998: 176.9 1000 ha1999: 177.5 1000 ha2000: 186.2 1000 ha2001: 189.6 1000 ha2002: 190.9 1000 ha2003: 189 1000 ha2004: 192.3 1000 ha2005: 191.8 1000 ha2006: 191.5 1000 ha2007: 191.5 1000 ha2008: 191.9 1000 ha2009: 192.5 1000 ha2010: 193 1000 ha2011: 193 1000 ha2012: 192.7 1000 ha2013: 192.4 1000 ha2014: 192.9 1000 ha2015: 192.8 1000 ha2016: 192.5 1000 ha2017: 192.7 1000 ha2018: 192.5 1000 ha2019: 192.7 1000 ha2020: 190.6 1000 ha2021: 189.9 1000 ha2022: 189.4 1000 ha

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.

Analysis

Liberia recorded 189.41 1000 ha for shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in 2022.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.3% on the previous year and down 1.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Liberia peaked at 193.03 1000 ha in 2010 and was at its lowest, 173.66 1000 ha, in 1996.

Liberia ranks 125th of 241 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.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 176.47 1000 ha 173.66 1000 ha 178.02 1000 ha 8
2000s 190.73 1000 ha 186.24 1000 ha 192.47 1000 ha 10
2010s 192.72 1000 ha 192.39 1000 ha 193.03 1000 ha 10
2020s 189.96 1000 ha 189.41 1000 ha 190.56 1000 ha 3

Countries ranked near Liberia

  1. 122 Libya 198.82 1000 ha compare
  2. 123 Romania 197.69 1000 ha compare
  3. 124 Serbia 192.52 1000 ha compare
  4. 126 Lithuania 186.41 1000 ha compare
  5. 127 Guinea-Bissau 181.49 1000 ha compare
  6. 128 Ireland 177.83 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 Liberia?
Shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Liberia was 189.41 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 Liberia?
The highest recorded value was 193.03 1000 ha in 2010.
What is the lowest shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Liberia?
The lowest recorded value was 173.66 1000 ha in 1996.
How does Liberia rank for shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc?
Liberia ranks 125th out of 241 countries with data for 2022.
Is shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Liberia?
Over the last ten years it is down 1.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Liberia 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.