Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Portugal

Portugal: Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC was 1,327 1000 ha in 2022. ▲ Rising

Latest (2022)
1,327 1000 ha
Change on year
up 0.0%
World rank
72nd
of 241 countries
All-time high
1,335 1000 ha
in 2014
All-time low
1,217 1000 ha
in 1994
Years of data
31
1992–2022

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

05001.0k1.5k1992200720221992: 1.2k 1000 ha1993: 1.2k 1000 ha1994: 1.2k 1000 ha1995: 1.2k 1000 ha1996: 1.2k 1000 ha1997: 1.2k 1000 ha1998: 1.2k 1000 ha1999: 1.2k 1000 ha2000: 1.2k 1000 ha2001: 1.2k 1000 ha2002: 1.2k 1000 ha2003: 1.2k 1000 ha2004: 1.3k 1000 ha2005: 1.3k 1000 ha2006: 1.3k 1000 ha2007: 1.3k 1000 ha2008: 1.3k 1000 ha2009: 1.3k 1000 ha2010: 1.3k 1000 ha2011: 1.3k 1000 ha2012: 1.3k 1000 ha2013: 1.3k 1000 ha2014: 1.3k 1000 ha2015: 1.3k 1000 ha2016: 1.3k 1000 ha2017: 1.3k 1000 ha2018: 1.3k 1000 ha2019: 1.3k 1000 ha2020: 1.3k 1000 ha2021: 1.3k 1000 ha2022: 1.3k 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 Portugal is 1,327 1000 ha, measured in 2022.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Portugal peaked at 1,335 1000 ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 1,217 1000 ha, in 1994.

That places Portugal 72nd out of 241 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 31 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 1,218 1000 ha 1,217 1000 ha 1,228 1000 ha 8
2000s 1,273 1000 ha 1,231 1000 ha 1,308 1000 ha 10
2010s 1,327 1000 ha 1,317 1000 ha 1,335 1000 ha 10
2020s 1,327 1000 ha 1,327 1000 ha 1,328 1000 ha 3

Countries ranked near Portugal

  1. 69 Malaysia 1,488 1000 ha compare
  2. 70 Philippines 1,415 1000 ha compare
  3. 71 Italy 1,392 1000 ha compare
  4. 73 Sri Lanka 1,315 1000 ha compare
  5. 74 Niger 1,314 1000 ha compare
  6. 75 Guyana 1,124 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 Portugal?
Shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Portugal was 1,327 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 Portugal?
The highest recorded value was 1,335 1000 ha in 2014.
What is the lowest shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Portugal?
The lowest recorded value was 1,217 1000 ha in 1994.
How does Portugal rank for shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc?
Portugal ranks 72nd out of 241 countries with data for 2022.
Is shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Portugal?
Over the last ten years it is up 0.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Portugal 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

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
Last refreshed

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.