Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Western Europe
Western Europe: Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC was 3,271 1000 ha in 2022. ▲ Rising
Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Western Europe, 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 Western Europe is 3,271 1000 ha, measured in 2022. That is the highest value across all 31 years on record.
The figure is up 2.0% on the previous year and up 8.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Western Europe peaked at 3,271 1000 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 2,788 1000 ha, in 1997.
That places Western Europe 27th out of 29 groups with data for 2022, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 31 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2,832 1000 ha | 2,788 1000 ha | 2,876 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 2,862 1000 ha | 2,825 1000 ha | 2,919 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,041 1000 ha | 2,980 1000 ha | 3,142 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,214 1000 ha | 3,163 1000 ha | 3,271 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Western Europe
More environment data for Western Europe
- Standard Deviation 0.485 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.23 °C (2025)
- Roundwood — Production 151.58 million m3 (2024)
- Roundwood, non-coniferous — Production 54.56 million m3 (2024)
- Roundwood, coniferous — Production 97.02 million m3 (2024)
- Roundwood — Export value 1.73 million 1000 USD (2024)
- Roundwood — Export quantity 14.73 million m3 (2024)
- Roundwood — Import value 1.84 million 1000 USD (2024)
- Roundwood — Import quantity 19.11 million m3 (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Annual growth US$ -4.9 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Western Europe?
- Shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Western Europe was 3,271 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 Western Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 3,271 1000 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Western Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,788 1000 ha in 1997.
- How does Western Europe rank for shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc?
- Western Europe ranks 27th out of 29 groups with data for 2022.
- Is shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Western Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Western Europe 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.