Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Nepal
Nepal: Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC was 522.35 1000 ha in 2022. ▼ Falling
Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Nepal, 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 Nepal is 522.35 1000 ha, measured in 2022.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.2% on the previous year and down 0.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Nepal peaked at 560.32 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 520.68 1000 ha, in 2017.
That places Nepal 89th out of 224 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 31 years of available data.
Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Nepal, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 555.42 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 555.41 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1994 | 555.4 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1995 | 535.92 1000 ha | -3.5% |
| 1996 | 531.55 1000 ha | -0.8% |
| 1997 | 528.19 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 1998 | 528.3 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 553.5 1000 ha | +4.8% |
| 2000 | 555.35 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2001 | 560.32 1000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2002 | 557.54 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2003 | 550.06 1000 ha | -1.3% |
| 2004 | 545.29 1000 ha | -0.9% |
| 2005 | 536.61 1000 ha | -1.6% |
| 2006 | 534.23 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2007 | 526.05 1000 ha | -1.5% |
| 2008 | 523.91 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2009 | 524.21 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 525.15 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 524.65 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 525.26 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 525.69 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 526.74 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 526.66 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 521.99 1000 ha | -0.9% |
| 2017 | 520.68 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 522.47 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 523.43 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 524.98 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 523.61 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2022 | 522.35 1000 ha | -0.2% |
Nepal compared with similar countries
- Nepal's 522.35 1000 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 823.97 1000 ha, 63% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Nepal's 522.35 1000 ha is below the median for South Asia, which is 673.16 1000 ha, 78% of the median. (6 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 542.96 1000 ha | 528.19 1000 ha | 555.42 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 541.36 1000 ha | 523.91 1000 ha | 560.32 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 524.27 1000 ha | 520.68 1000 ha | 526.74 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 523.65 1000 ha | 522.35 1000 ha | 524.98 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Nepal
More environment data for Nepal
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 2.73 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 2.41 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.265 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.43 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 41.67 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual -1.54 % 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 -6.53 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Nepal?
- Shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Nepal was 522.35 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 Nepal?
- The highest recorded value was 560.32 1000 ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Nepal?
- The lowest recorded value was 520.68 1000 ha in 2017.
- How does Nepal rank for shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc?
- Nepal ranks 89th out of 224 countries with data for 2022.
- Is shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Nepal?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Nepal 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.