Shrub-covered areas β€” Area from CGLS in Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Iran (Islamic Republic of): Shrub-covered areas β€” Area from CGLS was 4,574 1000 ha in 2019. β–¬ Flat

Latest (2019)
4,574 1000 ha
Change on year
up 1.3%
World rank
39th
of 214 countries
All-time high
4,588 1000 ha
in 2015
All-time low
4,516 1000 ha
in 2018
Years of data
5
2015–2019

Shrub-covered areas β€” Area from CGLS in Iran (Islamic Republic of), 2015–2019

01.0k2.0k3.0k4.0k5.0k2015201720192015: 4.6k 1000 ha2016: 4.6k 1000 ha2017: 4.6k 1000 ha2018: 4.5k 1000 ha2019: 4.6k 1000 ha

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

Analysis

In 2019, shrub-covered areas β€” area from cgls in Iran (Islamic Republic of) stood at 4,574 1000 ha.

That represents a change of up 1.3% on the previous year and down 0.3% over five years.

Iran (Islamic Republic of) ranks 39th of 214 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

Countries ranked near Iran (Islamic Republic of)

  1. 36 Chile 5,359 1000 ha compare
  2. 37 Uganda 4,778 1000 ha compare
  3. 38 TΓΌrkiye 4,700 1000 ha compare
  4. 40 Algeria 4,529 1000 ha compare
  5. 41 Kazakhstan 4,463 1000 ha compare
  6. 42 Zambia 4,363 1000 ha compare

See the full ranking of 242 places β†’

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Frequently asked questions

What is shrub-covered areas β€” area from cgls in Iran (Islamic Republic of)?
Shrub-covered areas β€” area from cgls in Iran (Islamic Republic of) was 4,574 1000 ha in 2019, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest shrub-covered areas β€” area from cgls recorded in Iran (Islamic Republic of)?
The highest recorded value was 4,588 1000 ha in 2015.
What is the lowest shrub-covered areas β€” area from cgls recorded in Iran (Islamic Republic of)?
The lowest recorded value was 4,516 1000 ha in 2018.
How does Iran (Islamic Republic of) rank for shrub-covered areas β€” area from cgls?
Iran (Islamic Republic of) ranks 39th out of 214 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Iran (Islamic Republic of) data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Shrub-covered areas β€” Area from CGLS. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
Shrub-covered areas β€” 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 UniversitΓ© 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.