Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in South Africa
South Africa: Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC was 64,444 1000 ha in 2022. ▬ Flat
Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in South Africa, 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 South Africa stood at 64,444 1000 ha.
The figure is down 0.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in South Africa peaked at 64,592 1000 ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 64,095 1000 ha, in 1994.
South Africa ranks 7th of 219 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 64,138 1000 ha | 64,095 1000 ha | 64,388 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 64,507 1000 ha | 64,446 1000 ha | 64,546 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 64,559 1000 ha | 64,517 1000 ha | 64,592 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 64,450 1000 ha | 64,437 1000 ha | 64,469 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near South Africa
More environment data for South Africa
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.275 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.05 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 1.18 million t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 2.03 million t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 30,837 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import quantity 7,586 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export value 272,220 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export quantity 385,631 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import value 516,696 1000 USD (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in South Africa?
- Shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in South Africa was 64,444 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 South Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 64,592 1000 ha in 2012.
- What is the lowest shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc recorded in South Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 64,095 1000 ha in 1994.
- How does South Africa rank for shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc?
- South Africa ranks 7th out of 219 countries with data for 2022.
- Is shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in South Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this South Africa 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.