Shrub-covered areas — Area from CGLS in Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa: Shrub-covered areas — Area from CGLS was 181,996 1000 ha in 2019. ▬ Flat
Shrub-covered areas — Area from CGLS in Eastern Africa, 2015–2019
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
In 2019, shrub-covered areas — area from cgls in Eastern Africa stood at 181,996 1000 ha. That is the lowest value across all 5 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.8% over five years.
Eastern Africa ranks 5th of 26 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
Shrub-covered areas — Area from CGLS in Eastern Africa, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 183,430 1000 ha | — |
| 2016 | 183,146 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 182,645 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 182,068 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 181,996 1000 ha | -0.0% |
Countries ranked near Eastern Africa
- 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
- 6 Canada 69,856 1000 ha compare
- 6 Türkiye 4,700 1000 ha compare
- 7 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 4,574 1000 ha compare
- 7 Russian Federation 45,937 1000 ha compare
- 8 Botswana 45,305 1000 ha compare
- 8 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 3,008 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Eastern Africa
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -7.18 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -5.98 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.229 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.28 °C (2025)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Value US$, 2015 107,047 million USD (2024)
- Industrial roundwood — Export value 97,059 1000 USD (2024)
- Industrial roundwood, coniferous — Production 4.52 million m3 (2024)
- Wood charcoal — Production 17.47 million t (2024)
- Other industrial roundwood, non-coniferous (production) — Production 11.13 million m3 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is shrub-covered areas — area from cgls in Eastern Africa?
- Shrub-covered areas — area from cgls in Eastern Africa was 181,996 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 Eastern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 183,430 1000 ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest shrub-covered areas — area from cgls recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 181,996 1000 ha in 2019.
- How does Eastern Africa rank for shrub-covered areas — area from cgls?
- Eastern Africa ranks 5th out of 26 groups with data for 2019.
- Where does this Eastern 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.