Shrub-covered areas — Area from CGLS in Western Sahara
Western Sahara: Shrub-covered areas — Area from CGLS was 102.75 1000 ha in 2019. ▲ Rising
Shrub-covered areas — Area from CGLS in Western Sahara, 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 Western Sahara stood at 102.75 1000 ha.
That represents a change of down 12.5% on the previous year and up 50.1% over five years.
Western Sahara ranks 98th of 198 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Shrub-covered areas — Area from CGLS in Western Sahara, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 68.45 1000 ha | — |
| 2016 | 132.58 1000 ha | +93.7% |
| 2017 | 135.54 1000 ha | +2.2% |
| 2018 | 117.44 1000 ha | -13.4% |
| 2019 | 102.75 1000 ha | -12.5% |
Countries ranked near Western Sahara
More environment data for Western Sahara
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -62.29 Percentage change (2025)
- Temperature change 1.89 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.503 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -21.2 Percentage change (2025)
- Land area — Area 26,600 1000 ha (2024)
- Exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -52.95 Percentage change (2024)
- Country area — Area 26,600 1000 ha (2024)
- Pesticides (total) — Export value 37.78 1000 USD (2024)
- Pesticides (total) — Import value 62.35 1000 USD (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is shrub-covered areas — area from cgls in Western Sahara?
- Shrub-covered areas — area from cgls in Western Sahara was 102.75 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 Sahara?
- The highest recorded value was 135.54 1000 ha in 2017.
- What is the lowest shrub-covered areas — area from cgls recorded in Western Sahara?
- The lowest recorded value was 68.45 1000 ha in 2015.
- How does Western Sahara rank for shrub-covered areas — area from cgls?
- Western Sahara ranks 98th out of 198 countries with data for 2019.
- Where does this Western Sahara 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.