Shrub-covered areas — Area from CGLS in Kuwait
Kuwait: Shrub-covered areas — Area from CGLS was 2.51 1000 ha in 2019. ▼ Falling
Shrub-covered areas — Area from CGLS in Kuwait, 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 Kuwait stood at 2.51 1000 ha.
The figure is up 1.6% on the previous year and down 28.9% over five years.
That places Kuwait 154th out of 198 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Shrub-covered areas — Area from CGLS in Kuwait, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 3.53 1000 ha | — |
| 2016 | 3.34 1000 ha | -5.4% |
| 2017 | 3.31 1000 ha | -0.9% |
| 2018 | 2.47 1000 ha | -25.4% |
| 2019 | 2.51 1000 ha | +1.6% |
Kuwait compared with similar countries
- Kuwait's 2.51 1000 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 13.18 1000 ha, 19% of the median. (66 countries reporting)
- Kuwait's 2.51 1000 ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 187.41 1000 ha, 1% of the median. (21 countries reporting)
Countries ranked near Kuwait
- 151 New Caledonia 3.13 1000 ha compare
- 152 Martinique 2.97 1000 ha compare
- 153 Guadeloupe 2.57 1000 ha compare
- 155 Equatorial Guinea 2.13 1000 ha compare
- 156 Qatar 2.09 1000 ha compare
- 157 United States Virgin Islands 2.06 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Kuwait
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -57.51 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -61.88 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.516 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.95 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 3.24 % 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 1.84 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is shrub-covered areas — area from cgls in Kuwait?
- Shrub-covered areas — area from cgls in Kuwait was 2.51 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 Kuwait?
- The highest recorded value was 3.53 1000 ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest shrub-covered areas — area from cgls recorded in Kuwait?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.47 1000 ha in 2018.
- How does Kuwait rank for shrub-covered areas — area from cgls?
- Kuwait ranks 154th out of 198 countries with data for 2019.
- Where does this Kuwait 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.