Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Sao Tome and Principe
Sao Tome and Principe: Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC was 0.6 1000 ha in 2022. ▼ Falling
Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Sao Tome and Principe, 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 Sao Tome and Principe stood at 0.6 1000 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Sao Tome and Principe peaked at 1.48 1000 ha in 1997 and was at its lowest, 0.59 1000 ha, in 2009.
Sao Tome and Principe ranks 193rd of 224 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 31 years of available data.
Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Sao Tome and Principe, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 1.33 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 1.33 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 1.33 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 1.42 1000 ha | +6.8% |
| 1996 | 1.42 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 1.48 1000 ha | +4.2% |
| 1998 | 1.48 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 1.29 1000 ha | -12.8% |
| 2000 | 1.3 1000 ha | +0.8% |
| 2001 | 1.23 1000 ha | -5.4% |
| 2002 | 1.23 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 1.2 1000 ha | -2.4% |
| 2004 | 0.61 1000 ha | -49.2% |
| 2005 | 0.61 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.61 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.61 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.61 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.59 1000 ha | -3.3% |
| 2010 | 0.59 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.62 1000 ha | +5.1% |
| 2012 | 0.61 1000 ha | -1.6% |
| 2013 | 0.61 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.6 1000 ha | -1.6% |
| 2015 | 0.6 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.6 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.6 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.6 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.6 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.6 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.6 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.6 1000 ha | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.39 1000 ha | 1.29 1000 ha | 1.48 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 0.86 1000 ha | 0.59 1000 ha | 1.3 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.603 1000 ha | 0.59 1000 ha | 0.62 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.6 1000 ha | 0.6 1000 ha | 0.6 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Sao Tome and Principe
- 191 Liechtenstein 0.71 1000 ha compare
- 192 Cook Islands 0.62 1000 ha compare
- 194 Northern Mariana Islands 0.54 1000 ha compare
- 195 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.52 1000 ha compare
- 196 Bahrain 0.5 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Sao Tome and Principe
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -16.99 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -12.85 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.214 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.16 °C (2025)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import quantity, annual growth rate 150 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import quantity, per capita 0.0001 t per person (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import value, annual growth rate 210.81 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import value, per capita 0.0005 1000 USD per person (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import -25 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Sao Tome and Principe?
- Shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Sao Tome and Principe was 0.6 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 Sao Tome and Principe?
- The highest recorded value was 1.48 1000 ha in 1997.
- What is the lowest shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Sao Tome and Principe?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.59 1000 ha in 2009.
- How does Sao Tome and Principe rank for shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc?
- Sao Tome and Principe ranks 193rd out of 224 countries with data for 2022.
- Is shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Sao Tome and Principe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Sao Tome and Principe 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.