Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Sweden
Sweden: Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC was 1,600 1000 ha in 2022. ▲ Rising
Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Sweden, 1992–2022
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 Sweden is 1,600 1000 ha, measured in 2022. That is the highest value across all 31 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 20.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Sweden peaked at 1,600 1000 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 1,148 1000 ha, in 1994.
That places Sweden 60th out of 224 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 31 years of available data.
Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Sweden, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 1,148 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 1,148 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1994 | 1,148 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1995 | 1,149 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 1996 | 1,152 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 1997 | 1,153 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 1998 | 1,156 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 1999 | 1,167 1000 ha | +1.0% |
| 2000 | 1,179 1000 ha | +1.1% |
| 2001 | 1,186 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 1,191 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 1,202 1000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2004 | 1,208 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 1,216 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 1,223 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 1,238 1000 ha | +1.2% |
| 2008 | 1,256 1000 ha | +1.4% |
| 2009 | 1,280 1000 ha | +1.9% |
| 2010 | 1,295 1000 ha | +1.2% |
| 2011 | 1,322 1000 ha | +2.1% |
| 2012 | 1,328 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 1,333 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 1,349 1000 ha | +1.2% |
| 2015 | 1,350 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 1,363 1000 ha | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 1,385 1000 ha | +1.6% |
| 2018 | 1,496 1000 ha | +8.0% |
| 2019 | 1,583 1000 ha | +5.8% |
| 2020 | 1,592 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 1,595 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 1,600 1000 ha | +0.3% |
Sweden compared with similar countries
- Sweden's 1,600 1000 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 99.4 1000 ha, 16.1× the median. (73 countries reporting)
- Sweden's 1,600 1000 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 277.14 1000 ha, 5.8× the median. (51 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1,153 1000 ha | 1,148 1000 ha | 1,167 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 1,218 1000 ha | 1,179 1000 ha | 1,280 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,380 1000 ha | 1,295 1000 ha | 1,583 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,596 1000 ha | 1,592 1000 ha | 1,600 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Sweden
More environment data for Sweden
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 1.1 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -2.12 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.852 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.72 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0.4367 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 2.27 % 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 -0.0922 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Sweden?
- Shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Sweden was 1,600 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 Sweden?
- The highest recorded value was 1,600 1000 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Sweden?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,148 1000 ha in 1994.
- How does Sweden rank for shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc?
- Sweden ranks 60th out of 224 countries with data for 2022.
- Is shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Sweden?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sweden 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.