Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Northern America

Northern America: Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC was 259,773 1000 ha in 2022. ▬ Flat

Latest (2022)
259,773 1000 ha
Change on year
down 0.0%
Rank
3rd
of 7 groups
All-time high
259,903 1000 ha
in 2020
All-time low
253,676 1000 ha
in 2001
Years of data
31
1992–2022

Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Northern America, 1992–2022

0100.0k200.0k300.0k1992200720221992: 256.1k 1000 ha1993: 256.0k 1000 ha1994: 256.0k 1000 ha1995: 255.8k 1000 ha1996: 255.3k 1000 ha1997: 254.9k 1000 ha1998: 254.8k 1000 ha1999: 254.1k 1000 ha2000: 253.8k 1000 ha2001: 253.7k 1000 ha2002: 253.7k 1000 ha2003: 253.8k 1000 ha2004: 253.9k 1000 ha2005: 253.8k 1000 ha2006: 253.8k 1000 ha2007: 254.1k 1000 ha2008: 254.4k 1000 ha2009: 254.5k 1000 ha2010: 255.1k 1000 ha2011: 255.8k 1000 ha2012: 256.2k 1000 ha2013: 256.5k 1000 ha2014: 256.6k 1000 ha2015: 256.7k 1000 ha2016: 257.2k 1000 ha2017: 257.2k 1000 ha2018: 258.4k 1000 ha2019: 259.8k 1000 ha2020: 259.9k 1000 ha2021: 259.8k 1000 ha2022: 259.8k 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 Northern America is 259,773 1000 ha, measured in 2022.

That represents a change of up 1.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Northern America peaked at 259,903 1000 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 253,676 1000 ha, in 2001.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 255,373 1000 ha 254,069 1000 ha 256,079 1000 ha 8
2000s 253,959 1000 ha 253,676 1000 ha 254,531 1000 ha 10
2010s 256,955 1000 ha 255,133 1000 ha 259,843 1000 ha 10
2020s 259,826 1000 ha 259,773 1000 ha 259,903 1000 ha 3

Countries ranked near Northern America

  1. 1 Australia and New Zealand 181,702 1000 ha compare
  2. 2 Australia 179,257 1000 ha compare
  3. 3 Brazil 146,572 1000 ha compare
  4. 4 Russian Federation 136,116 1000 ha compare
  5. 5 Argentina 98,450 1000 ha compare
  6. 6 Mexico 70,432 1000 ha compare

See the full ranking of 270 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Northern America?
Shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Northern America was 259,773 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 America?
The highest recorded value was 259,903 1000 ha in 2020.
What is the lowest shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Northern America?
The lowest recorded value was 253,676 1000 ha in 2001.
How does Northern America rank for shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc?
Northern America ranks 3rd out of 7 groups with data for 2022.
Is shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Northern America?
Over the last ten years it is up 1.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Northern America 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.