Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in United Republic of Tanzania

United Republic of Tanzania: Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC was 16,720 1000 ha in 2022. ▼ Falling

Latest (2022)
16,720 1000 ha
Change on year
up 0.3%
World rank
3rd
of 20 countries
All-time high
17,573 1000 ha
in 1999
All-time low
16,679 1000 ha
in 2021
Years of data
31
1992–2022

Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in United Republic of Tanzania, 1992–2022

05.0k10.0k15.0k20.0k1992200720221992: 17.5k 1000 ha1993: 17.5k 1000 ha1994: 17.5k 1000 ha1995: 17.5k 1000 ha1996: 17.5k 1000 ha1997: 17.5k 1000 ha1998: 17.5k 1000 ha1999: 17.6k 1000 ha2000: 17.6k 1000 ha2001: 17.5k 1000 ha2002: 17.4k 1000 ha2003: 17.4k 1000 ha2004: 17.2k 1000 ha2005: 17.2k 1000 ha2006: 17.2k 1000 ha2007: 17.1k 1000 ha2008: 17.0k 1000 ha2009: 17.0k 1000 ha2010: 17.0k 1000 ha2011: 17.0k 1000 ha2012: 17.0k 1000 ha2013: 17.0k 1000 ha2014: 16.9k 1000 ha2015: 16.9k 1000 ha2016: 16.8k 1000 ha2017: 16.8k 1000 ha2018: 16.7k 1000 ha2019: 16.7k 1000 ha2020: 16.7k 1000 ha2021: 16.7k 1000 ha2022: 16.7k 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 United Republic of Tanzania is 16,720 1000 ha, measured in 2022.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and down 1.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in United Republic of Tanzania peaked at 17,573 1000 ha in 1999 and was at its lowest, 16,679 1000 ha, in 2021.

That places United Republic of Tanzania 3rd out of 20 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 United Republic of Tanzania, year by year

Annual values for Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in United Republic of Tanzania, 1992 to 2022.
Year 1000 ha Change
1992 17,515 1000 ha
1993 17,515 1000 ha -0.0%
1994 17,515 1000 ha -0.0%
1995 17,548 1000 ha +0.2%
1996 17,500 1000 ha -0.3%
1997 17,506 1000 ha +0.0%
1998 17,488 1000 ha -0.1%
1999 17,573 1000 ha +0.5%
2000 17,569 1000 ha -0.0%
2001 17,520 1000 ha -0.3%
2002 17,449 1000 ha -0.4%
2003 17,387 1000 ha -0.4%
2004 17,239 1000 ha -0.9%
2005 17,212 1000 ha -0.2%
2006 17,199 1000 ha -0.1%
2007 17,096 1000 ha -0.6%
2008 16,988 1000 ha -0.6%
2009 16,958 1000 ha -0.2%
2010 16,990 1000 ha +0.2%
2011 16,994 1000 ha +0.0%
2012 17,002 1000 ha +0.0%
2013 16,980 1000 ha -0.1%
2014 16,914 1000 ha -0.4%
2015 16,914 1000 ha -0.0%
2016 16,783 1000 ha -0.8%
2017 16,769 1000 ha -0.1%
2018 16,745 1000 ha -0.1%
2019 16,705 1000 ha -0.2%
2020 16,681 1000 ha -0.1%
2021 16,679 1000 ha -0.0%
2022 16,720 1000 ha +0.3%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 17,520 1000 ha 17,488 1000 ha 17,573 1000 ha 8
2000s 17,262 1000 ha 16,958 1000 ha 17,569 1000 ha 10
2010s 16,880 1000 ha 16,705 1000 ha 17,002 1000 ha 10
2020s 16,693 1000 ha 16,679 1000 ha 16,720 1000 ha 3

Countries ranked near United Republic of Tanzania

  1. 1 Australia and New Zealand 181,702 1000 ha compare
  2. 2 Australia 179,257 1000 ha compare
  3. 3 Brazil 146,572 1000 ha compare
  4. 4 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 13,170 1000 ha compare
  5. 4 Russian Federation 136,116 1000 ha compare
  6. 5 Argentina 98,450 1000 ha compare
  7. 5 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 7,570 1000 ha compare
  8. 6 Democratic Republic of the Congo 7,529 1000 ha compare
  9. 6 Mexico 70,432 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in United Republic of Tanzania?
Shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in United Republic of Tanzania was 16,720 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 Republic of Tanzania?
The highest recorded value was 17,573 1000 ha in 1999.
What is the lowest shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc recorded in United Republic of Tanzania?
The lowest recorded value was 16,679 1000 ha in 2021.
How does United Republic of Tanzania rank for shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc?
United Republic of Tanzania ranks 3rd out of 20 countries with data for 2022.
Is shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in United Republic of Tanzania?
Over the last ten years it is down 1.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this United Republic of Tanzania 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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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
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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.