Shrub-covered areas — Area from CGLS by country
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...
Countries reporting
213
Highest
125,946 1000 ha
Australia and New Zealand
Lowest
0.01 1000 ha
China, Macao SAR
Median
116.59 1000 ha
Years covered
5
2015–2019
Data points
1,210
What the numbers show
Shrub-covered areas — Area from CGLS is currently reported for 213 countries. The highest value is 125,946 1000 ha in Australia and New Zealand; the lowest is 0.01 1000 ha in China, Macao SAR.
The median across all reporting countries is 116.59 1000 ha, and the mean is 5,498 1000 ha.
Shrub-covered areas — Area from CGLS: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Australia and New Zealand | 125,946 1000 ha | 2019 | — | falling |
| 2 | Australia | 125,613 1000 ha | 2019 | — | falling |
| 3 | Brazil | 86,887 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 3 | United Republic of Tanzania | 12,829 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 4 | Mexico | 86,728 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 4 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 6,991 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 5 | Argentina | 75,455 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 5 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 5,886 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 6 | Canada | 69,856 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 6 | Türkiye | 4,700 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 7 | Russian Federation | 45,937 1000 ha | 2019 | — | falling |
| 7 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 4,574 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 8 | Botswana | 45,305 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 8 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 3,008 1000 ha | 2019 | — | falling |
| 9 | Ethiopia | 44,716 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 9 | Syrian Arab Republic | 423.34 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 10 | Namibia | 42,616 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 10 | Viet Nam | 133.91 1000 ha | 2019 | — | falling |
| 11 | Somalia | 40,777 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 11 | Melanesia | 109.51 1000 ha | 2019 | — | falling |
| 12 | Kenya | 28,220 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 12 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 49.66 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 13 | South Africa | 22,057 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 13 | Timor-Leste | 36.88 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 14 | Angola | 18,343 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 14 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 3.63 1000 ha | 2019 | — | falling |
| 15 | Sudan | 16,790 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 15 | Republic of Moldova | 0.04 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 16 | Mali | 16,451 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 16 | Polynesia | 0.02 1000 ha | 2019 | — | falling |
| 17 | South Sudan | 15,930 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 18 | Chad | 15,553 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 19 | Nigeria | 14,663 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 20 | India | 12,575 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 21 | Zimbabwe | 10,011 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 22 | Mozambique | 9,105 1000 ha | 2019 | — | falling |
| 22 | Caribbean | 1,955 1000 ha | 2019 | — | falling |
| 23 | Burkina Faso | 8,499 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 23 | Côte d'Ivoire | 1,448 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 24 | Pakistan | 8,279 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 25 | China | 8,116 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 26 | China, mainland | 8,109 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 26 | Cabo Verde | 186.82 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 27 | Spain | 6,632 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 28 | Senegal | 6,384 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 29 | Ghana | 6,294 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 30 | Turkmenistan | 6,242 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 31 | Madagascar | 5,817 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 32 | Morocco | 5,796 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 33 | Peru | 5,481 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 34 | Chile | 5,359 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 35 | Central African Republic | 4,975 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 36 | Uganda | 4,778 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 37 | Algeria | 4,529 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 38 | Kazakhstan | 4,463 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 39 | Zambia | 4,363 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 40 | Uzbekistan | 4,113 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 41 | Cameroon | 3,648 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 42 | Yemen | 3,546 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 43 | Eritrea | 3,167 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 44 | Italy | 2,913 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 45 | Benin | 2,730 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 46 | Niger | 2,701 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 47 | Guinea | 2,353 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 48 | Paraguay | 2,228 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 49 | Greece | 1,780 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 50 | Saudi Arabia | 1,594 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 51 | Portugal | 1,589 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 52 | Malawi | 1,528 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 53 | Colombia | 1,431 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 54 | France | 1,179 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 55 | Tunisia | 1,143 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 56 | Togo | 1,016 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 57 | Greenland | 869.17 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 58 | Norway | 841.37 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 59 | Cuba | 809.66 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 60 | Mauritania | 765.68 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 61 | Ecuador | 765.11 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 62 | Sweden | 744.46 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 63 | Finland | 644.01 1000 ha | 2019 | — | falling |
| 64 | Afghanistan | 599.83 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 65 | Iraq | 598.74 1000 ha | 2019 | — | falling |
| 66 | Indonesia | 510.22 1000 ha | 2019 | — | falling |
| 67 | Dominican Republic | 496.07 1000 ha | 2019 | — | falling |
| 68 | Myanmar | 480.18 1000 ha | 2019 | — | falling |
| 69 | Albania | 444.54 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 70 | Libya | 439.18 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 71 | Rwanda | 396.23 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 72 | Haiti | 363.58 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 73 | Croatia | 341.92 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 74 | New Zealand | 332.85 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 75 | Nicaragua | 299.86 1000 ha | 2019 | — | falling |
| 76 | Burundi | 278.52 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 77 | North Macedonia | 260.2 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 78 | Sierra Leone | 253.35 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 79 | Honduras | 238.42 1000 ha | 2019 | — | falling |
| 80 | Nepal | 209.08 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 81 | Gambia | 207.89 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 82 | Oman | 200.47 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 83 | Egypt | 187.41 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 84 | Lebanon | 181.93 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 85 | Bulgaria | 168.96 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 86 | Bahamas | 163.79 1000 ha | 2019 | — | falling |
| 87 | Guatemala | 163.2 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 88 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 146.22 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 89 | Cyprus | 139.34 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 90 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 135.67 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 91 | Congo | 129.15 1000 ha | 2019 | — | falling |
| 92 | Israel | 124.14 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 93 | Serbia | 122.71 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 94 | Philippines | 117.01 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 95 | Uruguay | 116.68 1000 ha | 2019 | — | falling |
| 96 | Eswatini | 116.59 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 97 | Romania | 107.71 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 98 | Western Sahara | 102.75 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 99 | Azerbaijan | 98.1 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 100 | Palestine | 98.01 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 101 | Jordan | 86.36 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 102 | Tajikistan | 81.34 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 103 | Papua New Guinea | 80.08 1000 ha | 2019 | — | falling |
| 104 | Lesotho | 73.5 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 105 | Montenegro | 71.4 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 106 | Djibouti | 70.31 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 107 | Japan | 70.17 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 108 | Kyrgyzstan | 69.69 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 109 | Republic of Korea | 59.74 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 110 | Guyana | 52.04 1000 ha | 2019 | — | falling |
| 111 | Belize | 48.82 1000 ha | 2019 | — | falling |
| 112 | Panama | 47.87 1000 ha | 2019 | — | falling |
| 113 | Bangladesh | 44.62 1000 ha | 2019 | — | falling |
| 114 | Ukraine | 44.43 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 115 | Guinea-Bissau | 43.2 1000 ha | 2019 | — | falling |
| 116 | Ireland | 37.18 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 117 | Suriname | 37.06 1000 ha | 2019 | — | falling |
| 118 | Gabon | 37.04 1000 ha | 2019 | — | falling |
| 119 | Jamaica | 36.74 1000 ha | 2019 | — | falling |
| 120 | Costa Rica | 34.54 1000 ha | 2019 | — | falling |
| 121 | Georgia | 33.82 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 122 | United Arab Emirates | 31.05 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 123 | Thailand | 28.55 1000 ha | 2019 | — | falling |
| 124 | Bhutan | 28.24 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 125 | Liberia | 28.17 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 126 | Fiji | 25.96 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 127 | Iceland | 22.55 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 128 | Sri Lanka | 21.81 1000 ha | 2019 | — | falling |
| 129 | Mongolia | 20.25 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 130 | Hungary | 19.62 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 131 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 18.6 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 132 | El Salvador | 17.7 1000 ha | 2019 | — | falling |
| 133 | Puerto Rico | 17.19 1000 ha | 2019 | — | falling |
| 134 | Germany | 14.74 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 135 | Aruba | 11.62 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 136 | Malaysia | 9.59 1000 ha | 2019 | — | falling |
| 137 | Switzerland | 9.28 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 138 | Réunion | 8.36 1000 ha | 2019 | — | falling |
| 139 | Armenia | 8.34 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 140 | Austria | 7.87 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 141 | Barbados | 7.84 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 142 | Cambodia | 7.51 1000 ha | 2019 | — | falling |
| 143 | China, Taiwan Province of | 6.86 1000 ha | 2019 | — | falling |
| 144 | Trinidad and Tobago | 6.54 1000 ha | 2019 | — | falling |
| 145 | Slovenia | 6.5 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 146 | French Guiana | 6.18 1000 ha | 2019 | — | falling |
| 147 | Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | 5.75 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 148 | Antigua and Barbuda | 4.94 1000 ha | 2019 | — | falling |
| 149 | Faroe Islands | 4.27 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 150 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 3.15 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 151 | New Caledonia | 3.13 1000 ha | 2019 | — | falling |
| 152 | Martinique | 2.97 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 153 | Guadeloupe | 2.57 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 154 | Kuwait | 2.51 1000 ha | 2019 | — | falling |
| 155 | Equatorial Guinea | 2.13 1000 ha | 2019 | — | falling |
| 156 | Qatar | 2.09 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 157 | United States Virgin Islands | 2.06 1000 ha | 2019 | — | falling |
| 158 | British Virgin Islands | 2.04 1000 ha | 2019 | — | falling |
| 159 | Anguilla | 1.99 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 160 | Montserrat | 1.65 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 161 | Comoros | 0.99 1000 ha | 2019 | — | falling |
| 162 | Saint Lucia | 0.91 1000 ha | 2019 | — | falling |
| 163 | Czechia | 0.9 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 164 | Cayman Islands | 0.8 1000 ha | 2019 | — | falling |
| 165 | Malta | 0.76 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 166 | Mauritius | 0.73 1000 ha | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 167 | San Marino | 0.66 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 168 | Slovakia | 0.59 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 169 | Poland | 0.56 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 170 | French Southern Territories | 0.5 1000 ha | 2019 | — | falling |
| 171 | Bahrain | 0.45 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 172 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.44 1000 ha | 2019 | — | falling |
| 173 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 0.42 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 174 | Andorra | 0.41 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 175 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 0.38 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 176 | Belarus | 0.33 1000 ha | 2019 | — | falling |
| 176 | Isle of Man | 0.33 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 178 | Grenada | 0.31 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 179 | Seychelles | 0.23 1000 ha | 2019 | — | falling |
| 180 | Estonia | 0.21 1000 ha | 2019 | — | falling |
| 180 | Vanuatu | 0.21 1000 ha | 2019 | — | falling |
| 182 | Luxembourg | 0.19 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 182 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.19 1000 ha | 2019 | — | falling |
| 184 | Latvia | 0.18 1000 ha | 2019 | — | falling |
| 185 | Denmark | 0.17 1000 ha | 2019 | — | falling |
| 186 | Mayotte | 0.16 1000 ha | 2019 | — | falling |
| 187 | Solomon Islands | 0.12 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 188 | Gibraltar | 0.1 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 189 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.09 1000 ha | 2019 | — | falling |
| 190 | Singapore | 0.08 1000 ha | 2019 | — | falling |
| 190 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 0.08 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 192 | Dominica | 0.07 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 192 | Lithuania | 0.07 1000 ha | 2019 | — | falling |
| 194 | Belgium | 0.06 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 195 | Tonga | 0.02 1000 ha | 2019 | — | falling |
| 196 | China, Macao SAR | 0.01 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 1.12 million 1000 ha
- Asia 62,812 1000 ha
- Africa 434,853 1000 ha
- Middle Africa 49,678 1000 ha
- Americas 432,671 1000 ha
- South America 186,716 1000 ha
- Eastern Africa 181,996 1000 ha
- Northern America 156,422 1000 ha
- Oceania 126,055 1000 ha
- Southern Africa 110,168 1000 ha
- Central America 87,578 1000 ha
- United States of America 85,696 1000 ha
- Europe 64,232 1000 ha
- Western Africa 64,024 1000 ha
- Eastern Europe 46,280 1000 ha
- Northern Africa 28,987 1000 ha
- Southern Asia 26,332 1000 ha
- European Union (27) 16,330 1000 ha
- Central Asia 14,970 1000 ha
- Southern Europe 14,310 1000 ha
- Western Asia 11,868 1000 ha
- Eastern Asia 8,316 1000 ha
- Northern Europe 2,430 1000 ha
- South-Eastern Asia 1,328 1000 ha
- Western Europe 1,211 1000 ha
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.