Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded — Area from CGLS by country
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...
Countries reporting
211
Highest
113,046 1000 ha
Russian Federation
Lowest
0 1000 ha
Kuwait
Median
59.32 1000 ha
Years covered
5
2015–2019
Data points
1,190
What the numbers show
Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded — Area from CGLS is currently reported for 211 countries. The highest value is 113,046 1000 ha in Russian Federation; the lowest is 0 1000 ha in Kuwait.
The median across all reporting countries is 59.32 1000 ha, and the mean is 1,057 1000 ha.
Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian Federation | 113,046 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 2 | Brazil | 13,328 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 3 | Canada | 12,711 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 3 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 2,964 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 4 | Argentina | 9,203 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 4 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 2,751 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 5 | China | 5,488 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 5 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 1,427 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 6 | China, mainland | 5,441 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 6 | United Republic of Tanzania | 1,017 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 7 | Kazakhstan | 3,586 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 7 | Melanesia | 630.54 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 8 | Indonesia | 2,752 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 8 | Viet Nam | 586.1 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 9 | South Sudan | 2,735 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 9 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 117.05 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 10 | Australia and New Zealand | 2,530 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 10 | Türkiye | 90.35 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 11 | Australia | 2,354 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 11 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 61.86 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 12 | Zambia | 2,320 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 12 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 56.26 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 13 | Mexico | 2,260 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 13 | Republic of Moldova | 28.57 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 14 | Colombia | 2,187 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 14 | Timor-Leste | 10.53 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 15 | Paraguay | 2,021 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 15 | Polynesia | 6.24 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 16 | Angola | 1,915 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 16 | Micronesia | 4.53 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 17 | Nigeria | 1,842 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 17 | Syrian Arab Republic | 3.72 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 18 | India | 1,578 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 19 | Caribbean | 1,615 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 19 | Mozambique | 1,342 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 20 | Ukraine | 1,167 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 21 | Cuba | 1,056 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 22 | Chad | 1,038 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 23 | Botswana | 870.38 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 24 | Finland | 794.25 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 25 | Mali | 792.77 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 25 | Côte d'Ivoire | 137.23 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 26 | Nicaragua | 743.21 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 26 | Cabo Verde | 22.06 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 27 | Cameroon | 724.64 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 28 | Uganda | 587.36 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 29 | Papua New Guinea | 556.02 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 30 | Belarus | 550.37 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 31 | Honduras | 459.69 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 32 | Peru | 435.66 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 33 | Madagascar | 422.92 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 34 | Myanmar | 404.77 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 35 | Uruguay | 386.04 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 36 | Romania | 365.33 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 37 | Philippines | 363.92 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 38 | Bahamas | 357.43 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 39 | Ethiopia | 354.97 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 40 | Guyana | 344.71 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 41 | Ecuador | 342.39 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 42 | Uzbekistan | 341.1 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 43 | Thailand | 338.25 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 44 | Senegal | 313.33 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 45 | Namibia | 306.29 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 46 | Bangladesh | 288.24 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 47 | Ghana | 284.3 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 48 | Sweden | 265.66 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 49 | Belize | 264.62 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 50 | Gabon | 259.24 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 51 | Guinea | 259.07 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 52 | Poland | 241.74 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 53 | Kenya | 240.17 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 54 | South Africa | 239.05 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 55 | Congo | 235.87 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 56 | Iraq | 224.38 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 57 | Sudan | 219.04 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 58 | Guinea-Bissau | 209.27 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 59 | Chile | 200.78 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 60 | Niger | 188.79 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 61 | Suriname | 187.54 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 62 | Pakistan | 178.71 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 63 | Sierra Leone | 177.76 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 64 | New Zealand | 176.91 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 65 | Germany | 170.69 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 66 | Malawi | 161.48 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 67 | France | 154.96 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 68 | Cambodia | 138.56 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 69 | Estonia | 125.53 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 70 | Mongolia | 122.78 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 71 | Latvia | 113.08 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 72 | Gambia | 104.68 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 73 | Iceland | 104.18 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 74 | Spain | 103.71 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 75 | Panama | 101.37 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 76 | Mauritius | 100.75 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 77 | Burkina Faso | 98.14 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 78 | Zimbabwe | 97.3 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 79 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 94.03 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 80 | Central African Republic | 80.06 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 81 | Guatemala | 79.51 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 82 | Malaysia | 78.8 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 83 | Mauritania | 76.41 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 84 | Egypt | 75.59 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 85 | Rwanda | 70.58 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 86 | Japan | 70.4 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 87 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 69.59 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 88 | Dominican Republic | 69.4 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 89 | Denmark | 65.61 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 90 | Benin | 65.44 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 91 | Lithuania | 64.44 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 92 | Norway | 63.78 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 93 | Haiti | 63.55 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 94 | Hungary | 61.02 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 95 | Italy | 59.32 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 96 | Costa Rica | 58.04 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 97 | Azerbaijan | 53.71 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 98 | Republic of Korea | 50.4 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 99 | French Guiana | 46.42 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 100 | China, Taiwan Province of | 45.55 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 101 | Sri Lanka | 45.19 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 102 | Somalia | 39.61 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 103 | Liberia | 38.17 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 104 | Turkmenistan | 37.29 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 105 | Réunion | 34.02 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 106 | Ireland | 32.87 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 107 | Portugal | 31.75 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 108 | Greece | 31.48 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 109 | New Caledonia | 30.57 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 110 | Nepal | 30.18 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 111 | Togo | 28.89 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 112 | El Salvador | 25.5 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 113 | Bulgaria | 25.16 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 114 | Burundi | 23.05 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 115 | Georgia | 22.54 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 116 | Serbia | 20.17 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 117 | Equatorial Guinea | 19.72 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 118 | Jamaica | 18.83 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 119 | Tajikistan | 18.7 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 120 | Croatia | 18.58 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 121 | Austria | 17.77 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 122 | Solomon Islands | 17.11 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 123 | Fiji | 15.89 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 124 | Puerto Rico | 15.42 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 125 | Algeria | 14.98 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 126 | Czechia | 13.8 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 127 | Albania | 13.01 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 128 | Afghanistan | 12.56 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 129 | Kyrgyzstan | 11.21 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 130 | Vanuatu | 10.96 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 131 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 10.13 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 132 | Lesotho | 8.67 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 133 | Cayman Islands | 8.65 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 134 | Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | 8.56 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 135 | Tunisia | 8.26 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 136 | Morocco | 8.14 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 137 | Slovakia | 8.12 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 138 | Belgium | 6.27 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 139 | Tonga | 6.24 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 140 | Sao Tome and Principe | 5.97 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 141 | Montenegro | 5.61 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 142 | Comoros | 5.58 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 143 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 5.33 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 144 | Trinidad and Tobago | 5.19 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 145 | Greenland | 5.16 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 146 | Antigua and Barbuda | 4.68 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 147 | Palau | 4.53 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 148 | Eswatini | 4.39 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 149 | Eritrea | 3.36 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 150 | Seychelles | 3.22 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 151 | Brunei Darussalam | 3.06 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 152 | Switzerland | 2.99 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 153 | Bhutan | 2.78 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 154 | Saudi Arabia | 2.31 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 155 | North Macedonia | 2.15 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 156 | Armenia | 2.03 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 157 | British Virgin Islands | 1.94 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 158 | French Southern Territories | 1.89 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 159 | Guadeloupe | 1.87 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 160 | United States Virgin Islands | 1.86 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 161 | Slovenia | 1.46 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 162 | Martinique | 1.34 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 163 | Faroe Islands | 1.16 1000 ha | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 164 | Israel | 1.07 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 165 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 0.8 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 166 | Mayotte | 0.75 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 167 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.64 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 168 | United Arab Emirates | 0.6 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 169 | Saint Lucia | 0.55 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 170 | Grenada | 0.51 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 171 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.47 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 172 | Cyprus | 0.41 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 173 | Singapore | 0.4 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 174 | Dominica | 0.32 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 174 | Isle of Man | 0.32 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 176 | Western Sahara | 0.31 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 177 | Anguilla | 0.29 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 178 | Libya | 0.28 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 179 | Jordan | 0.24 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 180 | Djibouti | 0.23 1000 ha | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 181 | Lebanon | 0.22 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 182 | Barbados | 0.21 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 183 | Oman | 0.16 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 183 | Montserrat | 0.16 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 185 | Yemen | 0.14 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 186 | Qatar | 0.09 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 187 | Aruba | 0.08 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 187 | Luxembourg | 0.08 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 189 | Bahrain | 0.03 1000 ha | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 189 | Malta | 0.03 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 191 | Palestine | 0.02 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 191 | China, Macao SAR | 0.02 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 193 | Kuwait | 0 1000 ha | 2019 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 232,742 1000 ha
- Asia 17,175 1000 ha
- Europe 117,952 1000 ha
- Middle Africa 5,706 1000 ha
- Eastern Europe 115,507 1000 ha
- Americas 72,783 1000 ha
- South America 34,405 1000 ha
- Northern America 32,770 1000 ha
- Africa 21,661 1000 ha
- United States of America 20,054 1000 ha
- Eastern Africa 9,561 1000 ha
- Eastern Asia 5,793 1000 ha
- South-Eastern Asia 4,732 1000 ha
- Western Africa 4,639 1000 ha
- Central Asia 3,995 1000 ha
- Central America 3,992 1000 ha
- Oceania 3,172 1000 ha
- European Union (27) 2,843 1000 ha
- Southern Asia 2,253 1000 ha
- Northern Europe 1,725 1000 ha
- Chagai 0.2 1000 ha
- Southern Africa 1,429 1000 ha
- Western Europe 422.35 1000 ha
- Western Asia 402.04 1000 ha
- Northern Africa 326.61 1000 ha
- Southern Europe 297.41 1000 ha
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.