Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Northern America
Northern America: Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded was 16,341 1000 ha in 2022. ▼ Falling
Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Northern America, 1992–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
In 2022, shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Northern America stood at 16,341 1000 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Northern America peaked at 24,953 1000 ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 15,828 1000 ha, in 2009.
Northern America ranks 7th of 26 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
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 America, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 24,953 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 24,948 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1994 | 24,943 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1995 | 24,443 1000 ha | -2.0% |
| 1996 | 24,191 1000 ha | -1.0% |
| 1997 | 23,927 1000 ha | -1.1% |
| 1998 | 23,356 1000 ha | -2.4% |
| 1999 | 22,463 1000 ha | -3.8% |
| 2000 | 20,838 1000 ha | -7.2% |
| 2001 | 19,155 1000 ha | -8.1% |
| 2002 | 18,390 1000 ha | -4.0% |
| 2003 | 17,674 1000 ha | -3.9% |
| 2004 | 16,838 1000 ha | -4.7% |
| 2005 | 16,599 1000 ha | -1.4% |
| 2006 | 16,291 1000 ha | -1.9% |
| 2007 | 16,130 1000 ha | -1.0% |
| 2008 | 15,995 1000 ha | -0.8% |
| 2009 | 15,828 1000 ha | -1.0% |
| 2010 | 15,844 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 15,839 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2012 | 15,848 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 15,836 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 15,842 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 15,845 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 15,862 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 15,861 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 16,043 1000 ha | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 16,273 1000 ha | +1.4% |
| 2020 | 16,299 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 16,333 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 16,341 1000 ha | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 24,153 1000 ha | 22,463 1000 ha | 24,953 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 17,374 1000 ha | 15,828 1000 ha | 20,838 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 15,909 1000 ha | 15,836 1000 ha | 16,273 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 16,324 1000 ha | 16,299 1000 ha | 16,341 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Northern America
- 4 Australia 10,031 1000 ha compare
- 5 Argentina 9,204 1000 ha compare
- 6 Canada 8,197 1000 ha compare
- 7 Sudan (former) 4,124 1000 ha compare
- 7 Türkiye 208.34 1000 ha compare
- 8 Sweden 3,692 1000 ha compare
- 9 South Sudan 3,687 1000 ha compare
- 10 China 3,297 1000 ha compare
- 10 Viet Nam 65.36 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Northern America
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -2.23 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -3.25 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.466 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.49 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 43.74 million t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 92.54 million t (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Agricultural land 40.32 % (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 11.92 g/Int$ (2024)
- Country area — Area 2.59 million 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Northern America?
- Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Northern America was 16,341 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 America?
- The highest recorded value was 24,953 1000 ha in 1992.
- What is the lowest shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded recorded in Northern America?
- The lowest recorded value was 15,828 1000 ha in 2009.
- How does Northern America rank for shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded?
- Northern America ranks 7th out of 26 groups with data for 2022.
- Is shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded rising or falling in Northern America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Northern America 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.