Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico: Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC was 9.17 1000 ha in 2022. ▼ Falling

Latest (2022)
9.17 1000 ha
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
177th
of 241 countries
All-time high
15.52 1000 ha
in 1992
All-time low
8.22 1000 ha
in 2013
Years of data
31
1992–2022

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

0510151992200720221992: 15.5 1000 ha1993: 15.5 1000 ha1994: 15.4 1000 ha1995: 15.1 1000 ha1996: 14.9 1000 ha1997: 14.8 1000 ha1998: 14.7 1000 ha1999: 14.6 1000 ha2000: 14.4 1000 ha2001: 13.3 1000 ha2002: 12.4 1000 ha2003: 10.7 1000 ha2004: 10.2 1000 ha2005: 9.9 1000 ha2006: 9.5 1000 ha2007: 9.1 1000 ha2008: 8.5 1000 ha2009: 8.4 1000 ha2010: 8.3 1000 ha2011: 8.3 1000 ha2012: 8.3 1000 ha2013: 8.2 1000 ha2014: 8.5 1000 ha2015: 8.5 1000 ha2016: 8.5 1000 ha2017: 8.6 1000 ha2018: 8.6 1000 ha2019: 8.8 1000 ha2020: 9.1 1000 ha2021: 9.2 1000 ha2022: 9.2 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 Puerto Rico is 9.17 1000 ha, measured in 2022.

That represents a change of up 10.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Puerto Rico peaked at 15.52 1000 ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 8.22 1000 ha, in 2013.

That places Puerto Rico 177th out of 241 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.

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

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 15.08 1000 ha 14.6 1000 ha 15.52 1000 ha 8
2000s 10.64 1000 ha 8.36 1000 ha 14.39 1000 ha 10
2010s 8.46 1000 ha 8.22 1000 ha 8.84 1000 ha 10
2020s 9.16 1000 ha 9.13 1000 ha 9.17 1000 ha 3

Countries ranked near Puerto Rico

  1. 174 French Southern Territories 12.96 1000 ha compare
  2. 175 Luxembourg 12.67 1000 ha compare
  3. 176 Faroe Islands 12.15 1000 ha compare
  4. 178 Aruba 9.01 1000 ha compare
  5. 179 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 8.93 1000 ha compare
  6. 180 Jordan 8.17 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 Puerto Rico?
Shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Puerto Rico was 9.17 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 Puerto Rico?
The highest recorded value was 15.52 1000 ha in 1992.
What is the lowest shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Puerto Rico?
The lowest recorded value was 8.22 1000 ha in 2013.
How does Puerto Rico rank for shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc?
Puerto Rico ranks 177th out of 241 countries with data for 2022.
Is shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Puerto Rico?
Over the last ten years it is up 10.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Puerto Rico 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
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.