Shrub-covered areas — Area from CGLS in India
India: Shrub-covered areas — Area from CGLS was 12,575 1000 ha in 2019. ▬ Flat
Shrub-covered areas — Area from CGLS in India, 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 India is 12,575 1000 ha, measured in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 5 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.7% on the previous year and down 1.5% over five years.
That places India 20th out of 198 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top 10%.
Shrub-covered areas — Area from CGLS in India, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 12,767 1000 ha | — |
| 2016 | 12,739 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 12,742 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 12,659 1000 ha | -0.7% |
| 2019 | 12,575 1000 ha | -0.7% |
India compared with similar countries
- India's 12,575 1000 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 331.72 1000 ha, 37.9× the median. (40 countries reporting)
- India's 12,575 1000 ha is above the median for South Asia, which is 36.43 1000 ha, 345.2× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Countries ranked near India
- 17 South Sudan 15,930 1000 ha compare
- 17 Micronesia 0 1000 ha
- 18 Chad 15,553 1000 ha compare
- 19 Nigeria 14,663 1000 ha compare
- 21 Zimbabwe 10,011 1000 ha compare
- 22 Mozambique 9,105 1000 ha compare
- 22 Caribbean 1,955 1000 ha compare
- 23 Burkina Faso 8,499 1000 ha compare
- 23 Côte d'Ivoire 1,448 1000 ha compare
More environment data for India
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 11.05 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 12.52 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.254 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.954 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 17.18 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 3.92 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate 1.12 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is shrub-covered areas — area from cgls in India?
- Shrub-covered areas — area from cgls in India was 12,575 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 India?
- The highest recorded value was 12,767 1000 ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest shrub-covered areas — area from cgls recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 12,575 1000 ha in 2019.
- How does India rank for shrub-covered areas — area from cgls?
- India ranks 20th out of 198 countries with data for 2019.
- Where does this India 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.