Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Northern Africa
Northern Africa: Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC was 20,382 1000 ha in 2022. ▼ Falling
Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Northern Africa, 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 Northern Africa is 20,382 1000 ha, measured in 2022. That is the lowest value across all 31 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.4% on the previous year and down 1.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Northern Africa peaked at 55,304 1000 ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 20,382 1000 ha, in 2022.
Northern Africa ranks 16th of 44 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 31 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 54,597 1000 ha | 52,977 1000 ha | 55,304 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 51,103 1000 ha | 50,278 1000 ha | 52,147 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 26,544 1000 ha | 20,522 1000 ha | 50,233 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 20,450 1000 ha | 20,382 1000 ha | 20,516 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Northern Africa
- 13 South Sudan 28,213 1000 ha compare
- 14 China 23,500 1000 ha compare
- 15 China, mainland 23,458 1000 ha compare
- 16 Angola 23,151 1000 ha compare
- 17 Kazakhstan 22,500 1000 ha compare
- 18 India 21,353 1000 ha compare
- 19 Kenya 20,127 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Northern Africa
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.281 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.61 °C (2025)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 864,000 t (2024)
- Recovered paper — Production 701,000 t (2024)
- Agricultural land — Value of agricultural production (Int. $) per Area 432.96 USD_PPP/ha (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per capita 0.84 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 2.41 g/Int$ (2024)
- Country area — Area 789,689 1000 ha (2024)
- Land area — Area 787,239 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Northern Africa?
- Shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Northern Africa was 20,382 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 Northern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 55,304 1000 ha in 1992.
- What is the lowest shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Northern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 20,382 1000 ha in 2022.
- How does Northern Africa rank for shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc?
- Northern Africa ranks 16th out of 44 groups with data for 2022.
- Is shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Northern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Northern 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.