Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Switzerland
Switzerland: Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded was 1.85 1000 ha in 2022. ▲ Rising
Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Switzerland, 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 Switzerland is 1.85 1000 ha, measured in 2022. That is the highest value across all 31 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 5.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Switzerland peaked at 1.85 1000 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 1.67 1000 ha, in 1997.
Switzerland ranks 136th of 224 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
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 Switzerland, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 1.78 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 1.78 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 1.78 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 1.71 1000 ha | -3.9% |
| 1996 | 1.69 1000 ha | -1.2% |
| 1997 | 1.67 1000 ha | -1.2% |
| 1998 | 1.67 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 1.68 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2000 | 1.68 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 1.68 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 1.68 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 1.69 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 1.7 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 1.7 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 1.7 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 1.72 1000 ha | +1.2% |
| 2008 | 1.72 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 1.76 1000 ha | +2.3% |
| 2010 | 1.76 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 1.76 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 1.76 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 1.75 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2014 | 1.75 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 1.75 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 1.81 1000 ha | +3.4% |
| 2017 | 1.8 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2018 | 1.8 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 1.79 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2020 | 1.81 1000 ha | +1.1% |
| 2021 | 1.84 1000 ha | +1.7% |
| 2022 | 1.85 1000 ha | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.72 1000 ha | 1.67 1000 ha | 1.78 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 1.7 1000 ha | 1.68 1000 ha | 1.76 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.77 1000 ha | 1.75 1000 ha | 1.81 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.83 1000 ha | 1.81 1000 ha | 1.85 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Switzerland
- 133 Nepal 2.27 1000 ha compare
- 134 Algeria 2.26 1000 ha compare
- 135 Slovenia 1.86 1000 ha compare
- 137 North Macedonia 1.82 1000 ha compare
- 138 El Salvador 1.77 1000 ha compare
- 139 Faroe Islands 1.68 1000 ha compare
- 139 Guinea 1.68 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Switzerland
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -0.2925 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -0.4333 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.458 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.33 °C (2025)
- Newsprint — Import quantity, gaps filled 58,305 t (2024)
- Newsprint — Import quantity, annual growth rate -12.1 % change on previous year (2024)
- Newsprint — Import value, gaps filled 37,793 1000 USD (2024)
- Newsprint — Import value, annual growth rate -26.5 % change on previous year (2024)
- Printing and writing papers — Import quantity, annual growth rate -2.89 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Switzerland?
- Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Switzerland was 1.85 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 Switzerland?
- The highest recorded value was 1.85 1000 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded recorded in Switzerland?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.67 1000 ha in 1997.
- How does Switzerland rank for shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded?
- Switzerland ranks 136th out of 224 countries with data for 2022.
- Is shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded rising or falling in Switzerland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Switzerland 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.