Shrub-covered areas — Area from CGLS in Western Africa
Western Africa: Shrub-covered areas — Area from CGLS was 64,024 1000 ha in 2019. ▬ Flat
Shrub-covered areas — Area from CGLS in Western Africa, 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 Western Africa is 64,024 1000 ha, measured in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 5 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and down 0.3% over five years.
That places Western Africa 12th out of 26 groups with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.
Shrub-covered areas — Area from CGLS in Western Africa, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 64,221 1000 ha | — |
| 2016 | 64,181 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 64,132 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 64,059 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 64,024 1000 ha | -0.1% |
Countries ranked near Western Africa
- 9 Ethiopia 44,716 1000 ha compare
- 9 Syrian Arab Republic 423.34 1000 ha compare
- 10 Namibia 42,616 1000 ha compare
- 10 Viet Nam 133.91 1000 ha compare
- 11 Somalia 40,777 1000 ha compare
- 11 Melanesia 109.51 1000 ha compare
- 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
More environment data for Western Africa
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -6.69 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -6.59 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.311 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.37 °C (2025)
- Industrial roundwood — Export quantity 355,916 m3 (2024)
- Industrial roundwood, coniferous — Production 51,000 m3 (2024)
- Industrial roundwood — Import value 18,051 1000 USD (2024)
- Industrial roundwood — Import quantity 79,324 m3 (2024)
- Industrial roundwood — Production 20.68 million m3 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is shrub-covered areas — area from cgls in Western Africa?
- Shrub-covered areas — area from cgls in Western Africa was 64,024 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 Western Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 64,221 1000 ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest shrub-covered areas — area from cgls recorded in Western Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 64,024 1000 ha in 2019.
- How does Western Africa rank for shrub-covered areas — area from cgls?
- Western Africa ranks 12th out of 26 groups with data for 2019.
- Where does this Western Africa 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.