Shrub-covered areas — Area from CGLS in Argentina

Argentina: Shrub-covered areas — Area from CGLS was 75,455 1000 ha in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
75,455 1000 ha
Change on year
down 0.2%
World rank
5th
of 198 countries
All-time high
75,609 1000 ha
in 2017
All-time low
74,591 1000 ha
in 2015
Years of data
5
2015–2019

Shrub-covered areas — Area from CGLS in Argentina, 2015–2019

020.0k40.0k60.0k80.0k2015201720192015: 74.6k 1000 ha2016: 75.0k 1000 ha2017: 75.6k 1000 ha2018: 75.6k 1000 ha2019: 75.5k 1000 ha

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.

Analysis

In 2019, shrub-covered areas — area from cgls in Argentina stood at 75,455 1000 ha.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.2% on the previous year and up 1.2% over five years.

That places Argentina 5th out of 198 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top 10%.

Shrub-covered areas — Area from CGLS in Argentina, year by year

Annual values for Shrub-covered areas — Area from CGLS in Argentina, 2015 to 2019.
Year 1000 ha Change
2015 74,591 1000 ha —
2016 75,022 1000 ha +0.6%
2017 75,609 1000 ha +0.8%
2018 75,596 1000 ha -0.0%
2019 75,455 1000 ha -0.2%

Argentina compared with similar countries

  • Argentina's 75,455 1000 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 98.1 1000 ha, 769.2× the median. (49 countries reporting)
  • Argentina's 75,455 1000 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 47.87 1000 ha, 1576.2× the median. (37 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near Argentina

  1. 2 Australia 125,613 1000 ha compare
  2. 3 Brazil 86,887 1000 ha compare
  3. 3 United Republic of Tanzania 12,829 1000 ha compare
  4. 4 Democratic Republic of the Congo 6,991 1000 ha compare
  5. 4 Mexico 86,728 1000 ha compare
  6. 5 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 5,886 1000 ha compare
  7. 6 Canada 69,856 1000 ha compare
  8. 6 Türkiye 4,700 1000 ha compare
  9. 7 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 4,574 1000 ha compare
  10. 7 Russian Federation 45,937 1000 ha compare
  11. 8 Botswana 45,305 1000 ha compare
  12. 8 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 3,008 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is shrub-covered areas — area from cgls in Argentina?
Shrub-covered areas — area from cgls in Argentina was 75,455 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 Argentina?
The highest recorded value was 75,609 1000 ha in 2017.
What is the lowest shrub-covered areas — area from cgls recorded in Argentina?
The lowest recorded value was 74,591 1000 ha in 2015.
How does Argentina rank for shrub-covered areas — area from cgls?
Argentina ranks 5th out of 198 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Argentina 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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Indicator
Shrub-covered areas — Area from CGLS
Unit
1000 ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
242 places, 1,210 data points, 2015–2019
Last refreshed

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.