Shrub-covered areas — Area from CGLS in China, Hong Kong SAR

China, Hong Kong SAR: Shrub-covered areas — Area from CGLS was 0.38 1000 ha in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
0.38 1000 ha
Change on year
down 2.6%
World rank
173rd
of 196 countries
All-time high
0.4 1000 ha
in 2015
All-time low
0.34 1000 ha
in 2017
Years of data
5
2015–2019

Shrub-covered areas — Area from CGLS in China, Hong Kong SAR, 2015–2019

00.10.20.30.42015201720192015: 0.4 1000 ha2016: 0.36 1000 ha2017: 0.34 1000 ha2018: 0.39 1000 ha2019: 0.38 1000 ha

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

Analysis

China, Hong Kong SAR recorded 0.38 1000 ha for shrub-covered areas — area from cgls in 2019.

That represents a change of down 2.6% on the previous year and down 5.0% over five years.

That places China, Hong Kong SAR 173rd out of 196 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.

Countries ranked near China, Hong Kong SAR

  1. 170 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.44 1000 ha compare
  2. 171 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 0.42 1000 ha compare
  3. 172 Andorra 0.41 1000 ha compare
  4. 174 Belarus 0.33 1000 ha compare
  5. 174 Isle of Man 0.33 1000 ha compare
  6. 176 Grenada 0.31 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is shrub-covered areas — area from cgls in China, Hong Kong SAR?
Shrub-covered areas — area from cgls in China, Hong Kong SAR was 0.38 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 China, Hong Kong SAR?
The highest recorded value was 0.4 1000 ha in 2015.
What is the lowest shrub-covered areas — area from cgls recorded in China, Hong Kong SAR?
The lowest recorded value was 0.34 1000 ha in 2017.
How does China, Hong Kong SAR rank for shrub-covered areas — area from cgls?
China, Hong Kong SAR ranks 173rd out of 196 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this China, Hong Kong SAR 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
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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.