Shrub-covered areas — Area from CGLS in Africa
Africa: Shrub-covered areas — Area from CGLS was 434,853 1000 ha in 2019. ▬ Flat
Shrub-covered areas — Area from CGLS in Africa, 2015–2019
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for shrub-covered areas — area from cgls in Africa is 434,853 1000 ha, measured in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 5 years on record.
The figure is down 0.6% over five years.
Africa ranks 2nd of 26 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
Shrub-covered areas — Area from CGLS in Africa, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 437,322 1000 ha | — |
| 2016 | 436,735 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 435,753 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 434,901 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 434,853 1000 ha | -0.0% |
Countries ranked near Africa
- 1 Australia and New Zealand 125,946 1000 ha compare
- 2 Australia 125,613 1000 ha compare
- 3 Brazil 86,887 1000 ha compare
- 3 United Republic of Tanzania 12,829 1000 ha compare
- 4 Democratic Republic of the Congo 6,991 1000 ha compare
- 4 Mexico 86,728 1000 ha compare
- 5 Argentina 75,455 1000 ha compare
- 5 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 5,886 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Africa
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -7.12 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -7.93 Percentage change (2025)
- Temperature change 1.32 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.213 °C (2025)
- Primary wood and paper products (export/import) — Export value 5.54 million 1000 USD (2024)
- Roundwood, coniferous — Production 32.26 million m3 (2024)
- Roundwood — Export value 714,851 1000 USD (2024)
- Roundwood — Export quantity 3.78 million m3 (2024)
- Roundwood — Import value 182,147 1000 USD (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is shrub-covered areas — area from cgls in Africa?
- Shrub-covered areas — area from cgls in Africa was 434,853 1000 ha in 2019, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest shrub-covered areas — area from cgls recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 437,322 1000 ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest shrub-covered areas — area from cgls recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 434,853 1000 ha in 2019.
- How does Africa rank for shrub-covered areas — area from cgls?
- Africa ranks 2nd out of 26 groups with data for 2019.
- Where does this Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Shrub-covered areas — Area from CGLS. 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.