Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Netherlands (Kingdom of the)

Netherlands (Kingdom of the): Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC was 70.86 1000 ha in 2022. ▼ Falling

Latest (2022)
70.86 1000 ha
Change on year
up 1.4%
World rank
140th
of 224 countries
All-time high
80.3 1000 ha
in 1992
All-time low
65.52 1000 ha
in 2004
Years of data
31
1992–2022

Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Netherlands (Kingdom of the), 1992–2022

0204060801992200720221992: 80.3 1000 ha1993: 80 1000 ha1994: 79.7 1000 ha1995: 78.9 1000 ha1996: 77.7 1000 ha1997: 77 1000 ha1998: 76.5 1000 ha1999: 70.9 1000 ha2000: 69.6 1000 ha2001: 67.3 1000 ha2002: 66.3 1000 ha2003: 65.9 1000 ha2004: 65.5 1000 ha2005: 65.6 1000 ha2006: 65.8 1000 ha2007: 66.2 1000 ha2008: 66.3 1000 ha2009: 66.6 1000 ha2010: 66.7 1000 ha2011: 66.7 1000 ha2012: 66.8 1000 ha2013: 66.8 1000 ha2014: 66.9 1000 ha2015: 66.9 1000 ha2016: 67.3 1000 ha2017: 67.5 1000 ha2018: 68 1000 ha2019: 69.5 1000 ha2020: 69.7 1000 ha2021: 69.9 1000 ha2022: 70.9 1000 ha

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 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) is 70.86 1000 ha, measured in 2022.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.4% on the previous year and up 6.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Netherlands (Kingdom of the) peaked at 80.3 1000 ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 65.52 1000 ha, in 2004.

Netherlands (Kingdom of the) ranks 140th of 224 countries on this measure, 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 Netherlands (Kingdom of the), year by year

Annual values for Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Netherlands (Kingdom of the), 1992 to 2022.
Year 1000 ha Change
1992 80.3 1000 ha
1993 79.95 1000 ha -0.4%
1994 79.68 1000 ha -0.3%
1995 78.87 1000 ha -1.0%
1996 77.66 1000 ha -1.5%
1997 76.99 1000 ha -0.9%
1998 76.54 1000 ha -0.6%
1999 70.92 1000 ha -7.3%
2000 69.6 1000 ha -1.9%
2001 67.31 1000 ha -3.3%
2002 66.31 1000 ha -1.5%
2003 65.87 1000 ha -0.7%
2004 65.52 1000 ha -0.5%
2005 65.6 1000 ha +0.1%
2006 65.81 1000 ha +0.3%
2007 66.2 1000 ha +0.6%
2008 66.34 1000 ha +0.2%
2009 66.56 1000 ha +0.3%
2010 66.71 1000 ha +0.2%
2011 66.74 1000 ha +0.0%
2012 66.77 1000 ha +0.0%
2013 66.77 1000 ha +0.0%
2014 66.93 1000 ha +0.2%
2015 66.93 1000 ha +0.0%
2016 67.34 1000 ha +0.6%
2017 67.52 1000 ha +0.3%
2018 67.97 1000 ha +0.7%
2019 69.55 1000 ha +2.3%
2020 69.69 1000 ha +0.2%
2021 69.88 1000 ha +0.3%
2022 70.86 1000 ha +1.4%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 77.61 1000 ha 70.92 1000 ha 80.3 1000 ha 8
2000s 66.51 1000 ha 65.52 1000 ha 69.6 1000 ha 10
2010s 67.32 1000 ha 66.71 1000 ha 69.55 1000 ha 10
2020s 70.14 1000 ha 69.69 1000 ha 70.86 1000 ha 3

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  3. 139 Iceland 76.98 1000 ha compare
  4. 141 Israel 63.36 1000 ha compare
  5. 142 Oman 57.13 1000 ha compare
  6. 143 Bahamas 46.74 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Netherlands (Kingdom of the)?
Shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Netherlands (Kingdom of the) was 70.86 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 Netherlands (Kingdom of the)?
The highest recorded value was 80.3 1000 ha in 1992.
What is the lowest shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Netherlands (Kingdom of the)?
The lowest recorded value was 65.52 1000 ha in 2004.
How does Netherlands (Kingdom of the) rank for shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc?
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) ranks 140th out of 224 countries with data for 2022.
Is shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Netherlands (Kingdom of the)?
Over the last ten years it is up 6.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 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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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
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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.