Shrub-covered areas — Area from CGLS in Viet Nam

Viet Nam: Shrub-covered areas — Area from CGLS was 133.91 1000 ha in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
133.91 1000 ha
Change on year
down 7.4%
World rank
10th
of 18 countries
All-time high
214.8 1000 ha
in 2015
All-time low
133.91 1000 ha
in 2019
Years of data
5
2015–2019

Shrub-covered areas — Area from CGLS in Viet Nam, 2015–2019

0501001502002015201720192015: 214.8 1000 ha2016: 180.1 1000 ha2017: 159.8 1000 ha2018: 144.6 1000 ha2019: 133.9 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 Viet Nam is 133.91 1000 ha, measured in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 5 years on record.

The figure is down 7.4% on the previous year and down 37.7% over five years.

Shrub-covered areas — Area from CGLS in Viet Nam, year by year

Annual values for Shrub-covered areas — Area from CGLS in Viet Nam, 2015 to 2019.
Year 1000 ha Change
2015 214.8 1000 ha —
2016 180.06 1000 ha -16.2%
2017 159.82 1000 ha -11.2%
2018 144.64 1000 ha -9.5%
2019 133.91 1000 ha -7.4%

Countries ranked near Viet Nam

  1. 7 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 4,574 1000 ha compare
  2. 7 Russian Federation 45,937 1000 ha compare
  3. 8 Botswana 45,305 1000 ha compare
  4. 8 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 3,008 1000 ha compare
  5. 9 Ethiopia 44,716 1000 ha compare
  6. 9 Syrian Arab Republic 423.34 1000 ha compare
  7. 10 Namibia 42,616 1000 ha compare
  8. 11 Somalia 40,777 1000 ha compare
  9. 11 Melanesia 109.51 1000 ha compare
  10. 12 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 49.66 1000 ha compare
  11. 12 Kenya 28,220 1000 ha compare
  12. 13 South Africa 22,057 1000 ha compare
  13. 13 Timor-Leste 36.88 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is shrub-covered areas — area from cgls in Viet Nam?
Shrub-covered areas — area from cgls in Viet Nam was 133.91 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 Viet Nam?
The highest recorded value was 214.8 1000 ha in 2015.
What is the lowest shrub-covered areas — area from cgls recorded in Viet Nam?
The lowest recorded value was 133.91 1000 ha in 2019.
How does Viet Nam rank for shrub-covered areas — area from cgls?
Viet Nam ranks 10th out of 18 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Viet Nam 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.