Shrub-covered areas — Area from CGLS in South-Eastern Asia

South-Eastern Asia: Shrub-covered areas — Area from CGLS was 1,328 1000 ha in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
1,328 1000 ha
Change on year
down 1.9%
Rank
24th
of 26 groups
All-time high
1,539 1000 ha
in 2015
All-time low
1,328 1000 ha
in 2019
Years of data
5
2015–2019

Shrub-covered areas — Area from CGLS in South-Eastern Asia, 2015–2019

05001.0k1.5k2015201720192015: 1.5k 1000 ha2016: 1.4k 1000 ha2017: 1.4k 1000 ha2018: 1.4k 1000 ha2019: 1.3k 1000 ha

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

Analysis

The most recent figure for shrub-covered areas — area from cgls in South-Eastern Asia is 1,328 1000 ha, measured in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 5 years on record.

That represents a change of down 1.9% on the previous year and down 13.7% over five years.

That places South-Eastern Asia 24th out of 26 groups with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.

Shrub-covered areas — Area from CGLS in South-Eastern Asia, year by year

Annual values for Shrub-covered areas — Area from CGLS in South-Eastern Asia, 2015 to 2019.
Year 1000 ha Change
2015 1,539 1000 ha —
2016 1,441 1000 ha -6.4%
2017 1,389 1000 ha -3.6%
2018 1,354 1000 ha -2.5%
2019 1,328 1000 ha -1.9%

Countries ranked near South-Eastern Asia

  1. 21 Zimbabwe 10,011 1000 ha compare
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  3. 22 Caribbean 1,955 1000 ha compare
  4. 23 Burkina Faso 8,499 1000 ha compare
  5. 23 Côte d'Ivoire 1,448 1000 ha compare
  6. 24 Pakistan 8,279 1000 ha compare
  7. 25 China 8,116 1000 ha compare
  8. 26 Cabo Verde 186.82 1000 ha compare
  9. 26 China, mainland 8,109 1000 ha compare
  10. 27 Spain 6,632 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is shrub-covered areas — area from cgls in South-Eastern Asia?
Shrub-covered areas — area from cgls in South-Eastern Asia was 1,328 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-Eastern Asia?
The highest recorded value was 1,539 1000 ha in 2015.
What is the lowest shrub-covered areas — area from cgls recorded in South-Eastern Asia?
The lowest recorded value was 1,328 1000 ha in 2019.
How does South-Eastern Asia rank for shrub-covered areas — area from cgls?
South-Eastern Asia ranks 24th out of 26 groups with data for 2019.
Where does this South-Eastern Asia 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.