Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Somalia
Somalia: Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC was 36,754 1000 ha in 2022. ▬ Flat
Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Somalia, 1992–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Somalia recorded 36,754 1000 ha for shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in 2022. That is the lowest value across all 31 years on record.
The figure is down 0.1% on the previous year and down 0.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Somalia peaked at 37,156 1000 ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 36,754 1000 ha, in 2022.
Somalia ranks 12th of 224 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Somalia, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 37,156 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 37,156 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1994 | 37,156 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1995 | 37,155 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1996 | 37,154 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1997 | 37,152 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1998 | 37,144 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1999 | 37,118 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2000 | 37,082 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 37,064 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2002 | 37,059 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2003 | 37,059 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2004 | 37,047 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2005 | 37,042 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2006 | 37,039 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2007 | 37,031 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2008 | 37,015 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2009 | 37,008 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2010 | 36,998 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2011 | 36,998 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2012 | 36,998 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 36,996 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 36,983 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2015 | 36,983 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 36,953 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 36,932 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 36,884 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 36,843 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 36,833 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2021 | 36,778 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 36,754 1000 ha | -0.1% |
Somalia compared with similar countries
- Somalia's 36,754 1000 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 2,566 1000 ha, 14.3× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Somalia's 36,754 1000 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 2,550 1000 ha, 14.4× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 37,149 1000 ha | 37,118 1000 ha | 37,156 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 37,045 1000 ha | 37,008 1000 ha | 37,082 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 36,957 1000 ha | 36,843 1000 ha | 36,998 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 36,788 1000 ha | 36,754 1000 ha | 36,833 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Somalia
- 9 Ethiopia 48,006 1000 ha compare
- 9 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 6,836 1000 ha compare
- 10 Sudan (former) 45,490 1000 ha compare
- 10 Viet Nam 5,809 1000 ha compare
- 11 Botswana 44,738 1000 ha compare
- 11 Melanesia 907.08 1000 ha compare
- 12 Syrian Arab Republic 236.79 1000 ha compare
- 13 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 136.42 1000 ha compare
- 13 South Sudan 28,213 1000 ha compare
- 14 China 23,500 1000 ha compare
- 14 Timor-Leste 117.49 1000 ha compare
- 15 China, mainland 23,458 1000 ha compare
- 15 Polynesia 41.12 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Somalia
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -28.64 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -24.06 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.278 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.53 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.5029 % 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 -0.1376 % 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 Somalia?
- Shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Somalia was 36,754 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 Somalia?
- The highest recorded value was 37,156 1000 ha in 1992.
- What is the lowest shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Somalia?
- The lowest recorded value was 36,754 1000 ha in 2022.
- How does Somalia rank for shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc?
- Somalia ranks 12th out of 224 countries with data for 2022.
- Is shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Somalia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Somalia 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.