Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in South Sudan

South Sudan: Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC was 28,213 1000 ha in 2022. ▬ Flat

Latest (2022)
28,213 1000 ha
Change on year
down 0.3%
World rank
12th
of 241 countries
All-time high
28,864 1000 ha
in 2012
All-time low
28,213 1000 ha
in 2022
Years of data
11
2012–2022

Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in South Sudan, 2012–2022

010.0k20.0k30.0k2012201720222012: 28.9k 1000 ha2013: 28.8k 1000 ha2014: 28.7k 1000 ha2015: 28.7k 1000 ha2016: 28.6k 1000 ha2017: 28.5k 1000 ha2018: 28.5k 1000 ha2019: 28.5k 1000 ha2020: 28.5k 1000 ha2021: 28.3k 1000 ha2022: 28.2k 1000 ha

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 Sudan stood at 28,213 1000 ha. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.

That represents a change of down 0.3% on the previous year and down 2.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in South Sudan peaked at 28,864 1000 ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 28,213 1000 ha, in 2022.

South Sudan ranks 12th of 241 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2010s 28,657 1000 ha 28,463 1000 ha 28,864 1000 ha 8
2020s 28,319 1000 ha 28,213 1000 ha 28,459 1000 ha 3

Countries ranked near South Sudan

  1. 9 Sudan (former) 45,490 1000 ha
  2. 10 Botswana 44,738 1000 ha compare
  3. 11 Somalia 36,754 1000 ha compare
  4. 13 China 23,500 1000 ha compare
  5. 14 China, mainland 23,458 1000 ha compare
  6. 15 Angola 23,151 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 South Sudan?
Shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in South Sudan was 28,213 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 Sudan?
The highest recorded value was 28,864 1000 ha in 2012.
What is the lowest shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc recorded in South Sudan?
The lowest recorded value was 28,213 1000 ha in 2022.
How does South Sudan rank for shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc?
South Sudan ranks 12th out of 241 countries with data for 2022.
Is shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in South Sudan?
Over the last ten years it is down 2.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this South Sudan 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.