Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC was 10,925 1000 ha in 2022. ▼ Falling
Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Zimbabwe, 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 Zimbabwe stood at 10,925 1000 ha. That is the lowest value across all 31 years on record.
That represents a change of down 2.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Zimbabwe peaked at 11,604 1000 ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 10,925 1000 ha, in 2022.
That places Zimbabwe 27th out of 224 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 Zimbabwe, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 11,604 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 11,604 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1994 | 11,604 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1995 | 11,601 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1996 | 11,580 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 1997 | 11,525 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 1998 | 11,512 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 1999 | 11,456 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2000 | 11,352 1000 ha | -0.9% |
| 2001 | 11,333 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2002 | 11,309 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2003 | 11,295 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 11,264 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2005 | 11,266 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 11,248 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 11,270 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 11,257 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 11,180 1000 ha | -0.7% |
| 2010 | 11,176 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2011 | 11,173 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2012 | 11,176 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 11,168 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 11,147 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 11,147 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 11,037 1000 ha | -1.0% |
| 2017 | 10,983 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 10,955 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 10,946 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 10,941 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2021 | 10,927 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 10,925 1000 ha | -0.0% |
Zimbabwe compared with similar countries
- Zimbabwe's 10,925 1000 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 823.97 1000 ha, 13.3× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Zimbabwe's 10,925 1000 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 2,550 1000 ha, 4.3× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 11,561 1000 ha | 11,456 1000 ha | 11,604 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 11,278 1000 ha | 11,180 1000 ha | 11,352 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 11,091 1000 ha | 10,946 1000 ha | 11,176 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 10,931 1000 ha | 10,925 1000 ha | 10,941 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Zimbabwe
- 24 Chad 14,006 1000 ha compare
- 24 Côte d'Ivoire 3,080 1000 ha compare
- 25 Myanmar 12,493 1000 ha compare
- 25 Caribbean 761.38 1000 ha compare
- 26 Cabo Verde 145.1 1000 ha compare
- 26 Zambia 12,387 1000 ha compare
- 28 Paraguay 10,507 1000 ha compare
- 29 Nigeria 9,998 1000 ha compare
- 30 Peru 9,801 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Zimbabwe
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 2.93 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 3.29 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.311 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.06 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 2.19 % 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 1.53 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Zimbabwe?
- Shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Zimbabwe was 10,925 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 Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 11,604 1000 ha in 1992.
- What is the lowest shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 10,925 1000 ha in 2022.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc?
- Zimbabwe ranks 27th out of 224 countries with data for 2022.
- Is shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Zimbabwe 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.