Shrub-covered areas — Area from CGLS in South Africa
South Africa: Shrub-covered areas — Area from CGLS was 22,057 1000 ha in 2019. ▬ Flat
Shrub-covered areas — Area from CGLS in South 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 South Africa stood at 22,057 1000 ha.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and down 1.7% over five years.
South Africa ranks 13th of 198 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
Shrub-covered areas — Area from CGLS in South Africa, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 22,439 1000 ha | — |
| 2016 | 22,207 1000 ha | -1.0% |
| 2017 | 22,082 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2018 | 22,046 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 22,057 1000 ha | +0.1% |
South Africa compared with similar countries
- South Africa's 22,057 1000 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 98.1 1000 ha, 224.8× the median. (49 countries reporting)
- South Africa's 22,057 1000 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 3,408 1000 ha, 6.5× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Countries ranked near South Africa
- 10 Namibia 42,616 1000 ha compare
- 10 Viet Nam 133.91 1000 ha compare
- 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 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
More environment data for South Africa
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 5.46 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 8.52 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.275 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.05 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 2.59 % 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 0.2953 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is shrub-covered areas — area from cgls in South Africa?
- Shrub-covered areas — area from cgls in South Africa was 22,057 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 South Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 22,439 1000 ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest shrub-covered areas — area from cgls recorded in South Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 22,046 1000 ha in 2018.
- How does South Africa rank for shrub-covered areas — area from cgls?
- South Africa ranks 13th out of 198 countries with data for 2019.
- Where does this South 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.