Shrub-covered areas β€” Area from CGLS in Lao People's Democratic Republic

Lao People's Democratic Republic: Shrub-covered areas β€” Area from CGLS was 3.63 1000 ha in 2019. β–Ό Falling

Latest (2019)
3.63 1000 ha
Change on year
down 6.0%
Rank
33rd
of 39 regions
All-time high
5.66 1000 ha
in 2015
All-time low
3.63 1000 ha
in 2019
Years of data
5
2015–2019

Shrub-covered areas β€” Area from CGLS in Lao People's Democratic Republic, 2015–2019

02462015201720192015: 5.7 1000 ha2016: 4.8 1000 ha2017: 4.2 1000 ha2018: 3.9 1000 ha2019: 3.6 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 Lao People's Democratic Republic stood at 3.63 1000 ha. That is the lowest value across all 5 years on record.

The figure is down 6.0% on the previous year and down 35.9% over five years.

That places Lao People's Democratic Republic 33rd out of 39 regions with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.

Countries ranked near Lao People's Democratic Republic

  1. 30 Turkmenistan 6,242 1000 ha compare
  2. 31 Madagascar 5,817 1000 ha compare
  3. 32 Morocco 5,796 1000 ha compare
  4. 33 Peru 5,481 1000 ha compare
  5. 34 Anguilla 1.99 1000 ha compare
  6. 34 Chile 5,359 1000 ha compare
  7. 35 Central African Republic 4,975 1000 ha compare
  8. 35 Montserrat 1.65 1000 ha compare
  9. 36 Mayotte 0.16 1000 ha compare
  10. 36 Uganda 4,778 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is shrub-covered areas β€” area from cgls in Lao People's Democratic Republic?
Shrub-covered areas β€” area from cgls in Lao People's Democratic Republic was 3.63 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 Lao People's Democratic Republic?
The highest recorded value was 5.66 1000 ha in 2015.
What is the lowest shrub-covered areas β€” area from cgls recorded in Lao People's Democratic Republic?
The lowest recorded value was 3.63 1000 ha in 2019.
How does Lao People's Democratic Republic rank for shrub-covered areas β€” area from cgls?
Lao People's Democratic Republic ranks 33rd out of 39 regions with data for 2019.
Where does this Lao People's Democratic Republic 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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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.