Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded was 18.7 1000 ha in 2022. ▼ Falling
Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Sierra Leone, 1992–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Sierra Leone recorded 18.7 1000 ha for shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in 2022.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.1% on the previous year and up 6.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Sierra Leone peaked at 34.4 1000 ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 17.37 1000 ha, in 2009.
Sierra Leone ranks 94th of 224 countries 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 Sierra Leone, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 34.4 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 34.38 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 1994 | 34.38 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 33.37 1000 ha | -2.9% |
| 1996 | 31.81 1000 ha | -4.7% |
| 1997 | 29.86 1000 ha | -6.1% |
| 1998 | 28.86 1000 ha | -3.3% |
| 1999 | 26.85 1000 ha | -7.0% |
| 2000 | 22.16 1000 ha | -17.5% |
| 2001 | 21.11 1000 ha | -4.7% |
| 2002 | 20.79 1000 ha | -1.5% |
| 2003 | 20.46 1000 ha | -1.6% |
| 2004 | 18.29 1000 ha | -10.6% |
| 2005 | 18.36 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 18.21 1000 ha | -0.8% |
| 2007 | 17.85 1000 ha | -2.0% |
| 2008 | 17.41 1000 ha | -2.5% |
| 2009 | 17.37 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2010 | 17.42 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 17.46 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 17.54 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 17.63 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 18.19 1000 ha | +3.2% |
| 2015 | 18.19 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 18.49 1000 ha | +1.6% |
| 2017 | 18.54 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 18.55 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 18.7 1000 ha | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 18.7 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 18.71 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 18.7 1000 ha | -0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 31.74 1000 ha | 26.85 1000 ha | 34.4 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 19.2 1000 ha | 17.37 1000 ha | 22.16 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 18.07 1000 ha | 17.42 1000 ha | 18.7 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 18.7 1000 ha | 18.7 1000 ha | 18.71 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Sierra Leone
- 91 Serbia and Montenegro 20.49 1000 ha compare
- 92 Gabon 19.99 1000 ha compare
- 93 Guatemala 18.81 1000 ha compare
- 95 Turks and Caicos Islands 18.62 1000 ha compare
- 96 Puerto Rico 16.5 1000 ha compare
- 97 Portugal 16.13 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Sierra Leone
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -5.4 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -5.39 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.232 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.28 °C (2025)
- Newsprint — Import quantity, gaps filled 151 t (2024)
- Newsprint — Import quantity, annual growth rate 208.16 % change on previous year (2024)
- Newsprint — Import value, gaps filled 134 1000 USD (2024)
- Newsprint — Import value, annual growth rate 204.54 % change on previous year (2024)
- Printing and writing papers — Import quantity, annual growth rate -38.14 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Sierra Leone?
- Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Sierra Leone was 18.7 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 Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 34.4 1000 ha in 1992.
- What is the lowest shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 17.37 1000 ha in 2009.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded?
- Sierra Leone ranks 94th out of 224 countries with data for 2022.
- Is shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Sierra Leone 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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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.