Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in British Virgin Islands

British Virgin Islands: Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded was 1.94 1000 ha in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
1.94 1000 ha
Change on year
down 1.5%
World rank
157th
of 194 countries
All-time high
1.97 1000 ha
in 2018
All-time low
1.09 1000 ha
in 2015
Years of data
5
2015–2019

Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in British Virgin Islands, 2015–2019

00.511.522015201720192015: 1.1 1000 ha2016: 1.6 1000 ha2017: 1.9 1000 ha2018: 2 1000 ha2019: 1.9 1000 ha

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 British Virgin Islands stood at 1.94 1000 ha.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.5% on the previous year and up 78.0% over five years.

That places British Virgin Islands 157th out of 194 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.

Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in British Virgin Islands, year by year

Annual values for Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded — Area from CGLS in British Virgin Islands, 2015 to 2019.
Year 1000 ha Change
2015 1.09 1000 ha
2016 1.64 1000 ha +50.5%
2017 1.92 1000 ha +17.1%
2018 1.97 1000 ha +2.6%
2019 1.94 1000 ha -1.5%

Countries ranked near British Virgin Islands

  1. 154 Saudi Arabia 2.31 1000 ha compare
  2. 155 North Macedonia 2.15 1000 ha compare
  3. 156 Armenia 2.03 1000 ha compare
  4. 158 French Southern and Antarctic Lands 1.89 1000 ha compare
  5. 159 Guadeloupe 1.87 1000 ha compare
  6. 160 United States Virgin Islands 1.86 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in British Virgin Islands?
Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in British Virgin Islands was 1.94 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 British Virgin Islands?
The highest recorded value was 1.97 1000 ha in 2018.
What is the lowest shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded recorded in British Virgin Islands?
The lowest recorded value was 1.09 1000 ha in 2015.
How does British Virgin Islands rank for shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded?
British Virgin Islands ranks 157th out of 194 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this British Virgin Islands 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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Indicator
Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded — Area from CGLS
Unit
1000 ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
238 places, 1,190 data points, 2015–2019
Last refreshed

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.