Shrub-covered areas — Area from CGLS in Syrian Arab Republic

Syrian Arab Republic: Shrub-covered areas — Area from CGLS was 423.34 1000 ha in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
423.34 1000 ha
Change on year
up 3.0%
World rank
77th
of 214 countries
All-time high
427.91 1000 ha
in 2015
All-time low
411.06 1000 ha
in 2018
Years of data
5
2015–2019

Shrub-covered areas — Area from CGLS in Syrian Arab Republic, 2015–2019

01002003004002015201720192015: 427.9 1000 ha2016: 427 1000 ha2017: 425.2 1000 ha2018: 411.1 1000 ha2019: 423.3 1000 ha

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

Analysis

In 2019, shrub-covered areas — area from cgls in Syrian Arab Republic stood at 423.34 1000 ha.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.0% on the previous year and down 1.1% over five years.

That places Syrian Arab Republic 77th out of 214 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.

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  3. 76 Libya 439.18 1000 ha compare
  4. 78 Rwanda 396.23 1000 ha compare
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  6. 80 Croatia 341.92 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is shrub-covered areas — area from cgls in Syrian Arab Republic?
Shrub-covered areas — area from cgls in Syrian Arab Republic was 423.34 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 Syrian Arab Republic?
The highest recorded value was 427.91 1000 ha in 2015.
What is the lowest shrub-covered areas — area from cgls recorded in Syrian Arab Republic?
The lowest recorded value was 411.06 1000 ha in 2018.
How does Syrian Arab Republic rank for shrub-covered areas — area from cgls?
Syrian Arab Republic ranks 77th out of 214 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Syrian Arab Republic 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.