Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in South America
South America: Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded was 34,601 1000 ha in 2022. ▲ Rising
Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in South America, 1992–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in South America is 34,601 1000 ha, measured in 2022.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in South America peaked at 34,803 1000 ha in 2009 and was at its lowest, 31,964 1000 ha, in 1992.
That places South America 5th out of 26 groups with data for 2022, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 31 years of available data.
Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in South America, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 31,964 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 32,360 1000 ha | +1.2% |
| 1994 | 32,359 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1995 | 32,578 1000 ha | +0.7% |
| 1996 | 32,669 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 1997 | 32,764 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 1998 | 32,821 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 1999 | 33,073 1000 ha | +0.8% |
| 2000 | 33,381 1000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2001 | 33,571 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 33,642 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 33,749 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 34,529 1000 ha | +2.3% |
| 2005 | 34,550 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 34,594 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 34,649 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 34,756 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 34,803 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 34,726 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 34,737 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 34,749 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 34,739 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 34,700 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 34,700 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 34,569 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 34,567 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 34,610 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 34,582 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 34,592 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 34,607 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 34,601 1000 ha | -0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 32,573 1000 ha | 31,964 1000 ha | 33,073 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 34,222 1000 ha | 33,381 1000 ha | 34,803 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 34,668 1000 ha | 34,567 1000 ha | 34,749 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 34,600 1000 ha | 34,592 1000 ha | 34,607 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near South America
- 2 Brazil 13,920 1000 ha compare
- 3 Democratic Republic of the Congo 4,893 1000 ha compare
- 3 Australia and New Zealand 10,167 1000 ha compare
- 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
More environment data for South America
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -6.52 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -4.98 Percentage change (2025)
- Temperature change 1.23 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.218 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Total fibre furnish — Production, annual growth rate 4.24 % change on previous year (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Import quantity, annual growth rate 18.97 % change on previous year (2024)
- Newsprint — Import value, gaps filled 60,764 1000 USD (2024)
- Newsprint — Import quantity, annual growth rate 5.48 % change on previous year (2024)
- Newsprint — Import quantity, gaps filled 107,789 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in South America?
- Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in South America was 34,601 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 South America?
- The highest recorded value was 34,803 1000 ha in 2009.
- What is the lowest shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 31,964 1000 ha in 1992.
- How does South America rank for shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded?
- South America ranks 5th out of 26 groups with data for 2022.
- Is shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this South 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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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.