Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Vanuatu
Vanuatu: Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC was 7.69 1000 ha in 2022. ▼ Falling
Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Vanuatu, 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 Vanuatu stood at 7.69 1000 ha.
That represents a change of up 1.5% on the previous year and up 1.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Vanuatu peaked at 19.57 1000 ha in 1997 and was at its lowest, 7.39 1000 ha, in 2020.
That places Vanuatu 168th out of 224 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 31 years of available data.
Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Vanuatu, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 19.44 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 19.44 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 19.44 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 19.49 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 1996 | 19.56 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 1997 | 19.57 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 1998 | 19.52 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 1999 | 19.42 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2000 | 19.32 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2001 | 19.23 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2002 | 18.88 1000 ha | -1.8% |
| 2003 | 18 1000 ha | -4.7% |
| 2004 | 9.16 1000 ha | -49.1% |
| 2005 | 8.81 1000 ha | -3.8% |
| 2006 | 8.71 1000 ha | -1.1% |
| 2007 | 8.28 1000 ha | -4.9% |
| 2008 | 8.22 1000 ha | -0.7% |
| 2009 | 7.9 1000 ha | -3.9% |
| 2010 | 7.69 1000 ha | -2.7% |
| 2011 | 7.6 1000 ha | -1.2% |
| 2012 | 7.55 1000 ha | -0.7% |
| 2013 | 7.45 1000 ha | -1.3% |
| 2014 | 7.4 1000 ha | -0.7% |
| 2015 | 7.4 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 7.45 1000 ha | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 7.45 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 7.43 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 7.43 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 7.39 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2021 | 7.58 1000 ha | +2.6% |
| 2022 | 7.69 1000 ha | +1.5% |
Vanuatu compared with similar countries
- Vanuatu's 7.69 1000 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 823.97 1000 ha, 1% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Vanuatu's 7.69 1000 ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 46.32 1000 ha, 17% of the median. (27 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Vanuatu changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | -49.1% | 18 1000 ha | 9.16 1000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 19.48 1000 ha | 19.42 1000 ha | 19.57 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 12.65 1000 ha | 7.9 1000 ha | 19.32 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7.48 1000 ha | 7.4 1000 ha | 7.69 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.55 1000 ha | 7.39 1000 ha | 7.69 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Vanuatu
- 165 Aruba 9.01 1000 ha compare
- 166 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 8.93 1000 ha compare
- 167 Jordan 8.17 1000 ha compare
- 169 Brunei Darussalam 7.48 1000 ha compare
- 170 China, Hong Kong SAR 6.47 1000 ha compare
- 171 Qatar 6.09 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Vanuatu
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 2.29 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 1.46 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.225 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.02 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 1.53 % 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 -2.35 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Vanuatu?
- Shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Vanuatu was 7.69 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 Vanuatu?
- The highest recorded value was 19.57 1000 ha in 1997.
- What is the lowest shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Vanuatu?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.39 1000 ha in 2020.
- How does Vanuatu rank for shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc?
- Vanuatu ranks 168th out of 224 countries with data for 2022.
- Is shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Vanuatu?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Vanuatu 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.