Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Namibia
Namibia: Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC was 17,607 1000 ha in 2022. ▬ Flat
Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Namibia, 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 Namibia stood at 17,607 1000 ha. That is the lowest value across all 31 years on record.
The figure is down 0.2% on the previous year and down 0.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Namibia peaked at 17,757 1000 ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 17,607 1000 ha, in 2022.
Namibia ranks 20th of 224 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Namibia, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 17,757 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 17,757 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1994 | 17,757 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1995 | 17,757 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1996 | 17,757 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 17,757 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 17,755 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1999 | 17,741 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2000 | 17,735 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2001 | 17,731 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2002 | 17,728 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2003 | 17,728 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2004 | 17,721 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2005 | 17,718 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2006 | 17,710 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2007 | 17,706 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2008 | 17,693 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 17,681 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 17,681 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2011 | 17,679 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2012 | 17,682 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 17,682 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 17,680 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2015 | 17,680 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 17,683 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 17,670 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 17,667 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2019 | 17,665 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2020 | 17,662 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2021 | 17,635 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 17,607 1000 ha | -0.2% |
Namibia compared with similar countries
- Namibia's 17,607 1000 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 823.97 1000 ha, 21.4× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Namibia's 17,607 1000 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 2,550 1000 ha, 6.9× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 17,755 1000 ha | 17,741 1000 ha | 17,757 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 17,715 1000 ha | 17,681 1000 ha | 17,735 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 17,677 1000 ha | 17,665 1000 ha | 17,683 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 17,635 1000 ha | 17,607 1000 ha | 17,662 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Namibia
- 17 Kazakhstan 22,500 1000 ha compare
- 17 Micronesia 3.41 1000 ha compare
- 18 India 21,353 1000 ha compare
- 18 Wallis and Futuna Islands 0.86 1000 ha compare
- 19 Kenya 20,127 1000 ha compare
- 20 Micronesia (Federated States of) 0.25 1000 ha compare
- 21 Sudan 15,693 1000 ha compare
- 22 Mozambique 15,568 1000 ha compare
- 23 Chile 14,426 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Namibia
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -2.99 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -1.14 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.319 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.979 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 2.32 % 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 4.07 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Namibia?
- Shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Namibia was 17,607 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 Namibia?
- The highest recorded value was 17,757 1000 ha in 1992.
- What is the lowest shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Namibia?
- The lowest recorded value was 17,607 1000 ha in 2022.
- How does Namibia rank for shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc?
- Namibia ranks 20th out of 224 countries with data for 2022.
- Is shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Namibia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Namibia 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.