Shrub-covered areas — Area from CGLS in Central America

Central America: Shrub-covered areas — Area from CGLS was 87,578 1000 ha in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
87,578 1000 ha
Change on year
up 0.0%
Rank
9th
of 28 groups
All-time high
87,830 1000 ha
in 2015
All-time low
87,566 1000 ha
in 2018
Years of data
5
2015–2019

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

020.0k40.0k60.0k80.0k2015201720192015: 87.8k 1000 ha2016: 87.7k 1000 ha2017: 87.6k 1000 ha2018: 87.6k 1000 ha2019: 87.6k 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 Central America stood at 87,578 1000 ha.

The figure is down 0.3% over five years.

Central America ranks 9th of 28 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.

Countries ranked near Central America

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  4. 9 Ethiopia 44,716 1000 ha compare
  5. 10 Namibia 42,616 1000 ha compare
  6. 11 Somalia 40,777 1000 ha compare
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Frequently asked questions

What is shrub-covered areas — area from cgls in Central America?
Shrub-covered areas — area from cgls in Central America was 87,578 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 Central America?
The highest recorded value was 87,830 1000 ha in 2015.
What is the lowest shrub-covered areas — area from cgls recorded in Central America?
The lowest recorded value was 87,566 1000 ha in 2018.
How does Central America rank for shrub-covered areas — area from cgls?
Central America ranks 9th out of 28 groups with data for 2019.
Where does this Central America 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

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.