Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates: Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC was 3.49 1000 ha in 2022. ▼ Falling
Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in United Arab Emirates, 1992–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
In 2022, shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in United Arab Emirates stood at 3.49 1000 ha. That is the lowest value across all 31 years on record.
That represents a change of down 2.8% on the previous year and down 20.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in United Arab Emirates peaked at 9.16 1000 ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 3.49 1000 ha, in 2022.
That places United Arab Emirates 188th out of 241 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 31 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5.96 1000 ha | 4.52 1000 ha | 9.16 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 4.39 1000 ha | 4.35 1000 ha | 4.45 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.3 1000 ha | 4.1 1000 ha | 4.38 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.56 1000 ha | 3.49 1000 ha | 3.59 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near United Arab Emirates
- 185 Qatar 6.09 1000 ha compare
- 186 Solomon Islands 5.13 1000 ha compare
- 187 Martinique 3.74 1000 ha compare
- 189 Micronesia 3.41 1000 ha compare
- 190 Mayotte 3.07 1000 ha compare
- 191 Kuwait 3 1000 ha compare
More environment data for United Arab Emirates
- Standard Deviation 0.331 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.5 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 500,000 t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 500,000 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 121,727 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import quantity 40,552 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export value 397,634 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export quantity 385,997 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import value 744,532 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import quantity 849,392 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in United Arab Emirates?
- Shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in United Arab Emirates was 3.49 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 United Arab Emirates?
- The highest recorded value was 9.16 1000 ha in 1992.
- What is the lowest shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc recorded in United Arab Emirates?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.49 1000 ha in 2022.
- How does United Arab Emirates rank for shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc?
- United Arab Emirates ranks 188th out of 241 countries with data for 2022.
- Is shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in United Arab Emirates?
- Over the last ten years it is down 20.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this United Arab Emirates 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.