Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Sudan (former)

Sudan (former): Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC was 45,490 1000 ha in 2011. ▼ Falling

Latest (2011)
45,490 1000 ha
Change on year
down 0.0%
World rank
9th
of 241 countries
All-time high
50,478 1000 ha
in 1992
All-time low
45,490 1000 ha
in 2011
Years of data
20
1992–2011

Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Sudan (former), 1992–2011

020.0k40.0k60.0k1992200120111992: 50.5k 1000 ha1993: 50.5k 1000 ha1994: 50.5k 1000 ha1995: 50.4k 1000 ha1996: 49.8k 1000 ha1997: 49.3k 1000 ha1998: 49.1k 1000 ha1999: 48.2k 1000 ha2000: 47.4k 1000 ha2001: 47.0k 1000 ha2002: 46.9k 1000 ha2003: 46.6k 1000 ha2004: 46.4k 1000 ha2005: 46.2k 1000 ha2006: 46.1k 1000 ha2007: 45.8k 1000 ha2008: 45.7k 1000 ha2009: 45.5k 1000 ha2010: 45.5k 1000 ha2011: 45.5k 1000 ha

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.

Analysis

In 2011, shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Sudan (former) stood at 45,490 1000 ha. That is the lowest value across all 20 years on record.

The figure is down 3.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Sudan (former) peaked at 50,478 1000 ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 45,490 1000 ha, in 2011.

Sudan (former) ranks 9th of 241 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 20 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 49,782 1000 ha 48,176 1000 ha 50,478 1000 ha 8
2000s 46,352 1000 ha 45,549 1000 ha 47,365 1000 ha 10
2010s 45,498 1000 ha 45,490 1000 ha 45,505 1000 ha 2

Countries ranked near Sudan (former)

  1. 6 Mexico 70,432 1000 ha compare
  2. 7 Canada 58,090 1000 ha compare
  3. 8 Ethiopia 48,006 1000 ha compare
  4. 10 Botswana 44,738 1000 ha compare
  5. 11 Somalia 36,754 1000 ha compare
  6. 12 South Sudan 28,213 1000 ha

See the full ranking of 270 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Sudan (former)?
Shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Sudan (former) was 45,490 1000 ha in 2011, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Sudan (former)?
The highest recorded value was 50,478 1000 ha in 1992.
What is the lowest shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Sudan (former)?
The lowest recorded value was 45,490 1000 ha in 2011.
How does Sudan (former) rank for shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc?
Sudan (former) ranks 9th out of 241 countries with data for 2011.
Is shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Sudan (former)?
Over the last ten years it is down 3.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Sudan (former) 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.