Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Pakistan
Pakistan: Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC was 6,812 1000 ha in 2022. ▼ Falling
Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Pakistan, 1992–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
In 2022, shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Pakistan stood at 6,812 1000 ha. That is the lowest value across all 31 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.1% on the previous year and down 0.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Pakistan peaked at 7,230 1000 ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 6,812 1000 ha, in 2022.
That places Pakistan 36th out of 224 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 31 years of available data.
Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Pakistan, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 7,230 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 7,230 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1994 | 7,230 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1995 | 7,178 1000 ha | -0.7% |
| 1996 | 7,145 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 1997 | 7,132 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 1998 | 7,106 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 1999 | 6,984 1000 ha | -1.7% |
| 2000 | 6,879 1000 ha | -1.5% |
| 2001 | 6,857 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 6,850 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 6,845 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 6,842 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2005 | 6,841 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2006 | 6,829 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 6,828 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2008 | 6,827 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2009 | 6,827 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 6,827 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 6,827 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2012 | 6,826 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2013 | 6,830 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 6,829 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2015 | 6,829 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 6,828 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2017 | 6,826 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 6,824 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2019 | 6,820 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 6,819 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2021 | 6,817 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2022 | 6,812 1000 ha | -0.1% |
Pakistan compared with similar countries
- Pakistan's 6,812 1000 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 823.97 1000 ha, 8.3× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Pakistan's 6,812 1000 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 78.82 1000 ha, 86.4× the median. (21 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 7,154 1000 ha | 6,984 1000 ha | 7,230 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 6,843 1000 ha | 6,827 1000 ha | 6,879 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,827 1000 ha | 6,820 1000 ha | 6,830 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,816 1000 ha | 6,812 1000 ha | 6,819 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Pakistan
More environment data for Pakistan
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -10.53 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -7.64 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.373 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.58 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.7034 % 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 3.1 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Pakistan?
- Shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Pakistan was 6,812 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 Pakistan?
- The highest recorded value was 7,230 1000 ha in 1992.
- What is the lowest shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Pakistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,812 1000 ha in 2022.
- How does Pakistan rank for shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc?
- Pakistan ranks 36th out of 224 countries with data for 2022.
- Is shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Pakistan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Pakistan 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.