Shrub-covered areas — Area from CGLS in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Shrub-covered areas — Area from CGLS was 21.81 1000 ha in 2019. ▼ Falling
Shrub-covered areas — Area from CGLS in Sri Lanka, 2015–2019
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 Sri Lanka is 21.81 1000 ha, measured in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 5 years on record.
That represents a change of down 1.3% on the previous year and down 7.2% over five years.
That places Sri Lanka 128th out of 198 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.
Shrub-covered areas — Area from CGLS in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 23.49 1000 ha | — |
| 2016 | 22.7 1000 ha | -3.4% |
| 2017 | 22.33 1000 ha | -1.6% |
| 2018 | 22.09 1000 ha | -1.1% |
| 2019 | 21.81 1000 ha | -1.3% |
Sri Lanka compared with similar countries
- Sri Lanka's 21.81 1000 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 98.1 1000 ha, 22% of the median. (49 countries reporting)
- Sri Lanka's 21.81 1000 ha is below the median for South Asia, which is 36.43 1000 ha, 60% of the median. (6 countries reporting)
Countries ranked near Sri Lanka
More environment data for Sri Lanka
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 5.24 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 5.49 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.207 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.849 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 5.63 % 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 1.22 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is shrub-covered areas — area from cgls in Sri Lanka?
- Shrub-covered areas — area from cgls in Sri Lanka was 21.81 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 Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 23.49 1000 ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest shrub-covered areas — area from cgls recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 21.81 1000 ha in 2019.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for shrub-covered areas — area from cgls?
- Sri Lanka ranks 128th out of 198 countries with data for 2019.
- Where does this Sri Lanka 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.