Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Uganda
Uganda: Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC was 2,309 1000 ha in 2022. ▼ Falling
Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Uganda, 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 Uganda is 2,309 1000 ha, measured in 2022. That is the lowest value across all 31 years on record.
That represents a change of down 2.7% on the previous year and down 10.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Uganda peaked at 2,984 1000 ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 2,309 1000 ha, in 2022.
That places Uganda 51st out of 224 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 31 years of available data.
Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Uganda, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 2,984 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 2,984 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1994 | 2,984 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1995 | 2,934 1000 ha | -1.7% |
| 1996 | 2,900 1000 ha | -1.2% |
| 1997 | 2,869 1000 ha | -1.1% |
| 1998 | 2,862 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 1999 | 2,807 1000 ha | -1.9% |
| 2000 | 2,786 1000 ha | -0.8% |
| 2001 | 2,748 1000 ha | -1.4% |
| 2002 | 2,737 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2003 | 2,703 1000 ha | -1.2% |
| 2004 | 2,603 1000 ha | -3.7% |
| 2005 | 2,597 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2006 | 2,595 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 2,590 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 2,586 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 2,582 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2010 | 2,584 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 2,582 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 2,582 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2013 | 2,581 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 2,572 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 2,572 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 2,538 1000 ha | -1.3% |
| 2017 | 2,523 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2018 | 2,499 1000 ha | -0.9% |
| 2019 | 2,468 1000 ha | -1.2% |
| 2020 | 2,466 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 2,373 1000 ha | -3.8% |
| 2022 | 2,309 1000 ha | -2.7% |
Uganda compared with similar countries
- Uganda's 2,309 1000 ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 2,566 1000 ha, 90% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Uganda's 2,309 1000 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 2,550 1000 ha, 91% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2,916 1000 ha | 2,807 1000 ha | 2,984 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 2,653 1000 ha | 2,582 1000 ha | 2,786 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,550 1000 ha | 2,468 1000 ha | 2,584 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,383 1000 ha | 2,309 1000 ha | 2,466 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Uganda
More environment data for Uganda
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -11.7 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -12.54 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.255 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.23 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 1.23 % 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 1.38 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Uganda?
- Shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Uganda was 2,309 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 Uganda?
- The highest recorded value was 2,984 1000 ha in 1992.
- What is the lowest shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Uganda?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,309 1000 ha in 2022.
- How does Uganda rank for shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc?
- Uganda ranks 51st out of 224 countries with data for 2022.
- Is shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Uganda?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Uganda 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.