Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Northern Africa
Northern Africa: Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded was 1,343 1000 ha in 2022. ▼ Falling
Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Northern Africa, 1992–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Northern Africa recorded 1,343 1000 ha for shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in 2022. That is the lowest value across all 31 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.2% on the previous year and down 1.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Northern Africa peaked at 5,242 1000 ha in 2003 and was at its lowest, 1,343 1000 ha, in 2022.
Northern Africa ranks 16th of 26 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 31 years of available data.
Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Northern Africa, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 5,053 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 5,053 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1994 | 5,053 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1995 | 5,153 1000 ha | +2.0% |
| 1996 | 5,154 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 5,157 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 1998 | 5,171 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 1999 | 5,199 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2000 | 5,202 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 5,217 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 5,233 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 5,242 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 5,240 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2005 | 5,240 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 5,232 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 5,221 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 5,216 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 5,214 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2010 | 5,215 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 5,213 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2012 | 1,360 1000 ha | -73.9% |
| 2013 | 1,359 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 1,353 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 1,353 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 1,353 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2017 | 1,352 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 1,348 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 1,347 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 1,346 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 1,345 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 1,343 1000 ha | -0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5,124 1000 ha | 5,053 1000 ha | 5,199 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 5,226 1000 ha | 5,202 1000 ha | 5,242 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,125 1000 ha | 1,347 1000 ha | 5,215 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,345 1000 ha | 1,343 1000 ha | 1,346 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Northern Africa
- 13 Syrian Arab Republic 0.99 1000 ha compare
- 13 Zambia 2,841 1000 ha compare
- 14 Norway 2,742 1000 ha compare
- 14 Polynesia 0.04 1000 ha compare
- 15 Finland 2,604 1000 ha compare
- 15 Micronesia (Federated States of) 0 1000 ha
- 15 Timor-Leste 0 1000 ha
- 15 Wallis and Futuna Islands 0 1000 ha
- 15 Melanesia 0 1000 ha
- 15 Micronesia 0 1000 ha
- 16 Colombia 2,476 1000 ha compare
- 17 India 1,907 1000 ha compare
- 18 Mozambique 1,774 1000 ha compare
- 19 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1,311 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Northern Africa
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -13.93 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -20 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.281 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.61 °C (2025)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 864,000 t (2024)
- Recovered paper — Production 701,000 t (2024)
- Agricultural land — Value of agricultural production (Int. $) per Area 432.96 USD_PPP/ha (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per capita 0.84 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 2.41 g/Int$ (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Northern Africa?
- Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Northern Africa was 1,343 1000 ha in 2022, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded recorded in Northern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 5,242 1000 ha in 2003.
- What is the lowest shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded recorded in Northern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,343 1000 ha in 2022.
- How does Northern Africa rank for shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded?
- Northern Africa ranks 16th out of 26 groups with data for 2022.
- Is shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded rising or falling in Northern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Northern Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded — Area from CCI_LC. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.