Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Southern Europe

Southern Europe: Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC was 13,378 1000 ha in 2022. ▬ Flat

Latest (2022)
13,378 1000 ha
Change on year
up 0.2%
Rank
23rd
of 29 groups
All-time high
13,378 1000 ha
in 2022
All-time low
13,073 1000 ha
in 1997
Years of data
31
1992–2022

Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Southern Europe, 1992–2022

05.0k10.0k15.0k1992200720221992: 13.1k 1000 ha1993: 13.1k 1000 ha1994: 13.1k 1000 ha1995: 13.1k 1000 ha1996: 13.1k 1000 ha1997: 13.1k 1000 ha1998: 13.1k 1000 ha1999: 13.1k 1000 ha2000: 13.2k 1000 ha2001: 13.1k 1000 ha2002: 13.2k 1000 ha2003: 13.2k 1000 ha2004: 13.2k 1000 ha2005: 13.2k 1000 ha2006: 13.2k 1000 ha2007: 13.2k 1000 ha2008: 13.2k 1000 ha2009: 13.2k 1000 ha2010: 13.3k 1000 ha2011: 13.3k 1000 ha2012: 13.3k 1000 ha2013: 13.3k 1000 ha2014: 13.4k 1000 ha2015: 13.4k 1000 ha2016: 13.3k 1000 ha2017: 13.3k 1000 ha2018: 13.3k 1000 ha2019: 13.3k 1000 ha2020: 13.3k 1000 ha2021: 13.4k 1000 ha2022: 13.4k 1000 ha

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 Southern Europe is 13,378 1000 ha, measured in 2022. That is the highest value across all 31 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 0.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Southern Europe peaked at 13,378 1000 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 13,073 1000 ha, in 1997.

Southern Europe ranks 23rd of 29 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 13,093 1000 ha 13,073 1000 ha 13,136 1000 ha 8
2000s 13,201 1000 ha 13,146 1000 ha 13,243 1000 ha 10
2010s 13,323 1000 ha 13,266 1000 ha 13,359 1000 ha 10
2020s 13,359 1000 ha 13,343 1000 ha 13,378 1000 ha 3

Countries ranked near Southern Europe

  1. 20 United Republic of Tanzania 16,720 1000 ha compare
  2. 21 Sudan 15,693 1000 ha compare
  3. 22 Mozambique 15,568 1000 ha compare
  4. 23 Chile 14,426 1000 ha compare
  5. 24 Chad 14,006 1000 ha compare
  6. 25 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 13,170 1000 ha compare
  7. 26 Myanmar 12,493 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 Southern Europe?
Shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Southern Europe was 13,378 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 Southern Europe?
The highest recorded value was 13,378 1000 ha in 2022.
What is the lowest shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Southern Europe?
The lowest recorded value was 13,073 1000 ha in 1997.
How does Southern Europe rank for shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc?
Southern Europe ranks 23rd out of 29 groups with data for 2022.
Is shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Southern Europe?
Over the last ten years it is up 0.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Southern Europe 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

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.