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
Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Portugal, 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 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 65th out of 224 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.
Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Portugal, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 1,217 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 1,217 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1994 | 1,217 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1995 | 1,217 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 1,217 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1997 | 1,217 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 1,218 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 1999 | 1,228 1000 ha | +0.8% |
| 2000 | 1,231 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2001 | 1,234 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 1,242 1000 ha | +0.7% |
| 2003 | 1,248 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2004 | 1,284 1000 ha | +2.9% |
| 2005 | 1,290 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 1,293 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 1,296 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 1,301 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 1,308 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 1,317 1000 ha | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 1,319 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 1,324 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 1,325 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 1,335 1000 ha | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 1,335 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 1,331 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 1,331 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 1,330 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2019 | 1,329 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 1,328 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 1,327 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2022 | 1,327 1000 ha | +0.0% |
Portugal compared with similar countries
- Portugal's 1,327 1000 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 99.4 1000 ha, 13.4× the median. (73 countries reporting)
- Portugal's 1,327 1000 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 277.14 1000 ha, 4.8× the median. (51 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | 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
More environment data for Portugal
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -0.6043 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -0.5127 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.44 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.15 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 3.41 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual -3.29 % 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 0.1607 % change on previous year (2024)
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 65th out of 224 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
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.