Shrub-covered areas — Area from CGLS in Malaysia

Malaysia: Shrub-covered areas — Area from CGLS was 9.59 1000 ha in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
9.59 1000 ha
Change on year
down 7.5%
World rank
136th
of 198 countries
All-time high
11.75 1000 ha
in 2015
All-time low
9.59 1000 ha
in 2019
Years of data
5
2015–2019

Shrub-covered areas — Area from CGLS in Malaysia, 2015–2019

02.557.51012.52015201720192015: 11.8 1000 ha2016: 10.9 1000 ha2017: 10.6 1000 ha2018: 10.4 1000 ha2019: 9.6 1000 ha

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

Analysis

In 2019, shrub-covered areas — area from cgls in Malaysia stood at 9.59 1000 ha. That is the lowest value across all 5 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 7.5% on the previous year and down 18.4% over five years.

Malaysia ranks 136th of 198 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

Shrub-covered areas — Area from CGLS in Malaysia, year by year

Annual values for Shrub-covered areas — Area from CGLS in Malaysia, 2015 to 2019.
Year 1000 ha Change
2015 11.75 1000 ha —
2016 10.92 1000 ha -7.1%
2017 10.63 1000 ha -2.7%
2018 10.37 1000 ha -2.4%
2019 9.59 1000 ha -7.5%

Malaysia compared with similar countries

  • Malaysia's 9.59 1000 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 98.1 1000 ha, 10% of the median. (49 countries reporting)
  • Malaysia's 9.59 1000 ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 27.26 1000 ha, 35% of the median. (18 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near Malaysia

  1. 133 Puerto Rico 17.19 1000 ha compare
  2. 134 Germany 14.74 1000 ha compare
  3. 135 Aruba 11.62 1000 ha compare
  4. 137 Switzerland 9.28 1000 ha compare
  5. 138 Réunion 8.36 1000 ha compare
  6. 139 Armenia 8.34 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is shrub-covered areas — area from cgls in Malaysia?
Shrub-covered areas — area from cgls in Malaysia was 9.59 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 Malaysia?
The highest recorded value was 11.75 1000 ha in 2015.
What is the lowest shrub-covered areas — area from cgls recorded in Malaysia?
The lowest recorded value was 9.59 1000 ha in 2019.
How does Malaysia rank for shrub-covered areas — area from cgls?
Malaysia ranks 136th out of 198 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Malaysia 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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Indicator
Shrub-covered areas — 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 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.