Shrub-covered areas — Area from CGLS in Northern Africa
Northern Africa: Shrub-covered areas — Area from CGLS was 28,987 1000 ha in 2019. ▬ Flat
Shrub-covered areas — Area from CGLS in Northern Africa, 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 Northern Africa stood at 28,987 1000 ha.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 0.2% over five years.
Northern Africa ranks 14th of 26 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Shrub-covered areas — Area from CGLS in Northern Africa, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 28,922 1000 ha | — |
| 2016 | 29,006 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 28,970 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 28,901 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 28,987 1000 ha | +0.3% |
Countries ranked near Northern Africa
- 11 Somalia 40,777 1000 ha compare
- 11 Melanesia 109.51 1000 ha compare
- 12 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 49.66 1000 ha compare
- 12 Kenya 28,220 1000 ha compare
- 13 South Africa 22,057 1000 ha compare
- 13 Timor-Leste 36.88 1000 ha compare
- 14 Angola 18,343 1000 ha compare
- 14 Lao People's Democratic Republic 3.63 1000 ha compare
- 15 Republic of Moldova 0.04 1000 ha compare
- 15 Sudan 16,790 1000 ha compare
- 16 Mali 16,451 1000 ha compare
- 16 Polynesia 0.02 1000 ha compare
- 17 South Sudan 15,930 1000 ha compare
- 17 Micronesia 0 1000 ha
More environment data for Northern Africa
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -20 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -13.93 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.281 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.61 °C (2025)
- Other paper and paperboard — Production 888,500 t (2024)
- Recovered paper — Production 701,000 t (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Production 1.10 million t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 864,000 t (2024)
- Agricultural land — Share in Land area 27.72 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is shrub-covered areas — area from cgls in Northern Africa?
- Shrub-covered areas — area from cgls in Northern Africa was 28,987 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 Northern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 29,006 1000 ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest shrub-covered areas — area from cgls recorded in Northern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 28,901 1000 ha in 2018.
- How does Northern Africa rank for shrub-covered areas — area from cgls?
- Northern Africa ranks 14th out of 26 groups with data for 2019.
- Where does this Northern Africa 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.