Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Malawi
Malawi: Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC was 411.82 1000 ha in 2022. ▲ Rising
Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Malawi, 1992–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Malawi is 411.82 1000 ha, measured in 2022.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 4.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Malawi peaked at 435.95 1000 ha in 2000 and was at its lowest, 358.81 1000 ha, in 1994.
Malawi ranks 96th 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 Malawi, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 358.92 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 358.88 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1994 | 358.81 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1995 | 370.14 1000 ha | +3.2% |
| 1996 | 371.18 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 1997 | 375.89 1000 ha | +1.3% |
| 1998 | 387.48 1000 ha | +3.1% |
| 1999 | 430.93 1000 ha | +11.2% |
| 2000 | 435.95 1000 ha | +1.2% |
| 2001 | 425.77 1000 ha | -2.3% |
| 2002 | 414.16 1000 ha | -2.7% |
| 2003 | 401.34 1000 ha | -3.1% |
| 2004 | 393.55 1000 ha | -1.9% |
| 2005 | 390.03 1000 ha | -0.9% |
| 2006 | 390.23 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 387.86 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2008 | 394.13 1000 ha | +1.6% |
| 2009 | 395.4 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 395.14 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 395.67 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 395.8 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 394.86 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 398.05 1000 ha | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 397.44 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 407.88 1000 ha | +2.6% |
| 2017 | 408.07 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 407.57 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 407.05 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 406.57 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 410.82 1000 ha | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 411.82 1000 ha | +0.2% |
Malawi compared with similar countries
- Malawi's 411.82 1000 ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 2,566 1000 ha, 16% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Malawi's 411.82 1000 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 2,550 1000 ha, 16% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 376.53 1000 ha | 358.81 1000 ha | 430.93 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 402.84 1000 ha | 387.86 1000 ha | 435.95 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 400.75 1000 ha | 394.86 1000 ha | 408.07 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 409.74 1000 ha | 406.57 1000 ha | 411.82 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Malawi
More environment data for Malawi
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -0.9153 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -0.8098 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.254 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.07 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 3.65 % 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 5.3 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Malawi?
- Shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Malawi was 411.82 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 Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 435.95 1000 ha in 2000.
- What is the lowest shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 358.81 1000 ha in 1994.
- How does Malawi rank for shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc?
- Malawi ranks 96th out of 224 countries with data for 2022.
- Is shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malawi 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.