Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Africa
Africa: Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded was 21,661 1000 ha in 2019. ▲ Rising
Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Africa, 2015–2019
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
In 2019, shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Africa stood at 21,661 1000 ha. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.0% on the previous year and up 53.1% over five years.
That places Africa 7th out of 26 groups with data for 2019, putting it in the top quarter.
Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Africa, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 14,144 1000 ha | — |
| 2016 | 16,942 1000 ha | +19.8% |
| 2017 | 18,843 1000 ha | +11.2% |
| 2018 | 20,635 1000 ha | +9.5% |
| 2019 | 21,661 1000 ha | +5.0% |
Countries ranked near Africa
- 4 Argentina 9,203 1000 ha compare
- 5 China (People’s Republic of) 5,488 1000 ha compare
- 6 China, mainland 5,441 1000 ha compare
- 7 Kazakhstan 3,586 1000 ha compare
- 8 Indonesia 2,752 1000 ha compare
- 9 South Sudan 2,735 1000 ha compare
- 10 Australia and New Zealand 2,530 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Africa
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -7.12 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -7.93 Percentage change (2025)
- Temperature change 1.32 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.213 °C (2025)
- Primary wood and paper products (export/import) — Export value 5.54 million 1000 USD (2024)
- Roundwood, coniferous — Production 32.26 million m3 (2024)
- Roundwood — Export value 714,851 1000 USD (2024)
- Roundwood — Export quantity 3.78 million m3 (2024)
- Roundwood — Import value 182,147 1000 USD (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Africa?
- Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Africa was 21,661 1000 ha in 2019, 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 Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 21,661 1000 ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 14,144 1000 ha in 2015.
- How does Africa rank for shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded?
- Africa ranks 7th out of 26 groups with data for 2019.
- Where does this Africa 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 CGLS. 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.