Shrub-covered areas — Area from CGLS in Southern Asia
Southern Asia: Shrub-covered areas — Area from CGLS was 26,332 1000 ha in 2019. ▬ Flat
Shrub-covered areas — Area from CGLS in Southern Asia, 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 Southern Asia stood at 26,332 1000 ha. That is the lowest value across all 5 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.6% on the previous year and down 1.6% over five years.
Southern Asia ranks 15th of 26 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Shrub-covered areas — Area from CGLS in Southern Asia, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 26,761 1000 ha | — |
| 2016 | 26,719 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 26,688 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 26,484 1000 ha | -0.8% |
| 2019 | 26,332 1000 ha | -0.6% |
Countries ranked near Southern Asia
- 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
- 18 Chad 15,553 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Southern Asia
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 0.4009 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 6.69 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.274 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.44 °C (2025)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 15.39 million t (2024)
- Recovered paper — Production 8.45 million t (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Production 24.03 million t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Production 18.27 million t (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per area of cropland 44.63 kg/ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is shrub-covered areas — area from cgls in Southern Asia?
- Shrub-covered areas — area from cgls in Southern Asia was 26,332 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 Southern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 26,761 1000 ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest shrub-covered areas — area from cgls recorded in Southern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 26,332 1000 ha in 2019.
- How does Southern Asia rank for shrub-covered areas — area from cgls?
- Southern Asia ranks 15th out of 26 groups with data for 2019.
- Where does this Southern 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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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.