Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Colombia

Colombia: Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded was 2,187 1000 ha in 2019. β–² Rising

Latest (2019)
2,187 1000 ha
Change on year
up 5.3%
World rank
14th
of 194 countries
All-time high
2,187 1000 ha
in 2019
All-time low
1,240 1000 ha
in 2015
Years of data
5
2015–2019

Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Colombia, 2015–2019

05001.0k1.5k2.0k2015201720192015: 1.2k 1000 ha2016: 1.7k 1000 ha2017: 1.9k 1000 ha2018: 2.1k 1000 ha2019: 2.2k 1000 ha

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 Colombia is 2,187 1000 ha, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.

The figure is up 5.3% on the previous year and up 76.3% over five years.

Colombia ranks 14th of 194 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

Countries ranked near Colombia

  1. 11 Australia 2,354 1000 ha compare
  2. 12 Zambia 2,320 1000 ha compare
  3. 13 Mexico 2,260 1000 ha compare
  4. 15 Paraguay 2,021 1000 ha compare
  5. 16 Angola 1,915 1000 ha compare
  6. 17 Nigeria 1,842 1000 ha compare

See the full ranking of 238 places β†’

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Frequently asked questions

What is shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Colombia?
Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Colombia was 2,187 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 Colombia?
The highest recorded value was 2,187 1000 ha in 2019.
What is the lowest shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded recorded in Colombia?
The lowest recorded value was 1,240 1000 ha in 2015.
How does Colombia rank for shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded?
Colombia ranks 14th out of 194 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Colombia 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 β€” 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 β€” 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 UniversitΓ© 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.