Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC was 417.72 1000 ha in 2022. ▼ Falling
Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Saudi Arabia, 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 Saudi Arabia is 417.72 1000 ha, measured in 2022. That is the lowest value across all 31 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.2% on the previous year and down 0.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Saudi Arabia peaked at 442.28 1000 ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 417.72 1000 ha, in 2022.
That places Saudi Arabia 95th out of 224 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.
Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Saudi Arabia, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 442.28 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 442.28 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 442.28 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 437.25 1000 ha | -1.1% |
| 1996 | 435.27 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 1997 | 431.31 1000 ha | -0.9% |
| 1998 | 430.36 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 1999 | 430.56 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 433.92 1000 ha | +0.8% |
| 2001 | 430.21 1000 ha | -0.9% |
| 2002 | 428.5 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2003 | 429.19 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 428.14 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2005 | 425.49 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2006 | 423.92 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2007 | 423.04 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 421.92 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 421.82 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2010 | 421.59 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 421.52 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2012 | 421.45 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2013 | 420.6 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 419.94 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 419.92 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 420 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 419.99 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 419.57 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 419.33 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 419.22 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2021 | 418.5 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 417.72 1000 ha | -0.2% |
Saudi Arabia compared with similar countries
- Saudi Arabia's 417.72 1000 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 99.4 1000 ha, 4.2× the median. (73 countries reporting)
- Saudi Arabia's 417.72 1000 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 78.82 1000 ha, 5.3× the median. (21 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 436.45 1000 ha | 430.36 1000 ha | 442.28 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 426.61 1000 ha | 421.82 1000 ha | 433.92 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 420.39 1000 ha | 419.33 1000 ha | 421.59 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 418.48 1000 ha | 417.72 1000 ha | 419.22 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Saudi Arabia
More environment data for Saudi Arabia
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -52.52 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -27.86 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.424 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.58 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 2.53 % 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 9.62 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Saudi Arabia?
- Shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Saudi Arabia was 417.72 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 Saudi Arabia?
- The highest recorded value was 442.28 1000 ha in 1992.
- What is the lowest shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The lowest recorded value was 417.72 1000 ha in 2022.
- How does Saudi Arabia rank for shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc?
- Saudi Arabia ranks 95th out of 224 countries with data for 2022.
- Is shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Saudi Arabia 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.