Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Nicaragua
Nicaragua: Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC was 953.4 1000 ha in 2022. ▲ Rising
Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Nicaragua, 1992–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Nicaragua recorded 953.4 1000 ha for shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in 2022.
That represents a change of down 0.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Nicaragua peaked at 976.6 1000 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 814.26 1000 ha, in 1994.
Nicaragua ranks 72nd 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 Nicaragua, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 814.3 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 814.27 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1994 | 814.26 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1995 | 829.98 1000 ha | +1.9% |
| 1996 | 835.91 1000 ha | +0.7% |
| 1997 | 847.1 1000 ha | +1.3% |
| 1998 | 856.78 1000 ha | +1.1% |
| 1999 | 869.94 1000 ha | +1.5% |
| 2000 | 884.04 1000 ha | +1.6% |
| 2001 | 901.65 1000 ha | +2.0% |
| 2002 | 911.24 1000 ha | +1.1% |
| 2003 | 923.27 1000 ha | +1.3% |
| 2004 | 933.92 1000 ha | +1.2% |
| 2005 | 937.11 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 939.09 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 952.12 1000 ha | +1.4% |
| 2008 | 954.33 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 955.41 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 960.67 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 962.89 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 961.76 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 963.43 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 957.83 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2015 | 957.77 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 963.62 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 969.3 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 971.43 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 971.39 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2020 | 976.6 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 953.45 1000 ha | -2.4% |
| 2022 | 953.4 1000 ha | -0.0% |
Nicaragua compared with similar countries
- Nicaragua's 953.4 1000 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 823.97 1000 ha, 1.2× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Nicaragua's 953.4 1000 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 129.36 1000 ha, 7.4× the median. (37 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 835.32 1000 ha | 814.26 1000 ha | 869.94 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 929.22 1000 ha | 884.04 1000 ha | 955.41 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 964.01 1000 ha | 957.77 1000 ha | 971.43 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 961.15 1000 ha | 953.4 1000 ha | 976.6 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Nicaragua
More environment data for Nicaragua
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 3.64 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 4.53 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Standard Deviation 0.243 °C (2024)
- Temperature change 1.89 °C (2024)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2023)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 1.04 % 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 -0.0474 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Nicaragua?
- Shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Nicaragua was 953.4 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 Nicaragua?
- The highest recorded value was 976.6 1000 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Nicaragua?
- The lowest recorded value was 814.26 1000 ha in 1994.
- How does Nicaragua rank for shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc?
- Nicaragua ranks 72nd out of 224 countries with data for 2022.
- Is shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Nicaragua?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Nicaragua 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.