Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Middle Africa
Middle Africa: Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC was 54,651 1000 ha in 2022. ▼ Falling
Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Middle Africa, 1992–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Middle Africa recorded 54,651 1000 ha for shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in 2022.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and down 0.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Middle Africa peaked at 58,190 1000 ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 54,472 1000 ha, in 2017.
That places Middle Africa 2nd out of 20 groups with data for 2022, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 31 years of available data.
Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Middle Africa, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 58,190 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 58,189 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1994 | 58,188 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1995 | 58,038 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 1996 | 57,919 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 1997 | 57,893 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1998 | 57,827 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 1999 | 57,674 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2000 | 57,358 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2001 | 57,214 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 57,052 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2003 | 56,556 1000 ha | -0.9% |
| 2004 | 55,976 1000 ha | -1.0% |
| 2005 | 55,711 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2006 | 55,503 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2007 | 55,393 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 55,153 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2009 | 54,880 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2010 | 54,958 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 54,902 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 54,933 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 54,915 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 54,831 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 54,829 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 54,550 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 54,472 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 54,488 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 54,532 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 54,567 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 54,549 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2022 | 54,651 1000 ha | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 57,990 1000 ha | 57,674 1000 ha | 58,190 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 56,080 1000 ha | 54,880 1000 ha | 57,358 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 54,741 1000 ha | 54,472 1000 ha | 54,958 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 54,589 1000 ha | 54,549 1000 ha | 54,651 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Middle Africa
- 1 Australia and New Zealand 181,702 1000 ha compare
- 2 Australia 179,257 1000 ha compare
- 3 Brazil 146,572 1000 ha compare
- 3 United Republic of Tanzania 16,720 1000 ha compare
- 4 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 13,170 1000 ha compare
- 4 Russian Federation 136,116 1000 ha compare
- 5 Argentina 98,450 1000 ha compare
- 5 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 7,570 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Middle Africa
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -9.38 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -9.88 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.198 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.13 °C (2025)
- Wood fuel, coniferous — Production 0 m3 (2024)
- Roundwood, non-coniferous — Production 139.79 million m3 (2024)
- Wood fuel, non-coniferous — Production 122.87 million m3 (2024)
- Industrial roundwood — Production 16.92 million m3 (2024)
- Industrial roundwood — Import quantity 3,754 m3 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Middle Africa?
- Shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Middle Africa was 54,651 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 Middle Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 58,190 1000 ha in 1992.
- What is the lowest shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Middle Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 54,472 1000 ha in 2017.
- How does Middle Africa rank for shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc?
- Middle Africa ranks 2nd out of 20 groups with data for 2022.
- Is shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Middle Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Middle Africa 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.