Shrub-covered areas — Area from CGLS in Oman

Oman: Shrub-covered areas — Area from CGLS was 200.47 1000 ha in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
200.47 1000 ha
Change on year
down 2.5%
World rank
89th
of 214 countries
All-time high
205.59 1000 ha
in 2018
All-time low
144.2 1000 ha
in 2017
Years of data
5
2015–2019

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

0501001502002015201720192015: 146.7 1000 ha2016: 144.7 1000 ha2017: 144.2 1000 ha2018: 205.6 1000 ha2019: 200.5 1000 ha

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

Analysis

Oman recorded 200.47 1000 ha for shrub-covered areas — area from cgls in 2019.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.5% on the previous year and up 36.7% over five years.

That places Oman 89th out of 214 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.

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  4. 90 Egypt 187.41 1000 ha compare
  5. 91 Cabo Verde 186.82 1000 ha compare
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Frequently asked questions

What is shrub-covered areas — area from cgls in Oman?
Shrub-covered areas — area from cgls in Oman was 200.47 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 Oman?
The highest recorded value was 205.59 1000 ha in 2018.
What is the lowest shrub-covered areas — area from cgls recorded in Oman?
The lowest recorded value was 144.2 1000 ha in 2017.
How does Oman rank for shrub-covered areas — area from cgls?
Oman ranks 89th out of 214 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Oman 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

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.