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
Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in United Republic of Tanzania, 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 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
| 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
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | 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 Australia and New Zealand 181,702 1000 ha compare
- 2 Australia 179,257 1000 ha compare
- 3 Brazil 146,572 1000 ha compare
- 4 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 13,170 1000 ha compare
- 4 Russian Federation 136,116 1000 ha compare
- 5 Argentina 98,450 1000 ha compare
- 5 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 7,570 1000 ha compare
- 6 Democratic Republic of the Congo 7,529 1000 ha compare
- 6 Mexico 70,432 1000 ha compare
More environment data for United Republic of Tanzania
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Temperature change 1.06 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.253 °C (2025)
- Newsprint — Import quantity, gaps filled 16,168 t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 23.24 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import 13.1 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import value, annual growth rate 23.17 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import quantity, annual growth rate 26.75 % change on previous year (2024)
- Printing and writing papers — Import quantity, annual growth rate 24.67 % change on previous year (2024)
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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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.