Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Eastern Africa

Eastern Africa: Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded was 9,561 1000 ha in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
9,561 1000 ha
Change on year
up 5.8%
Rank
9th
of 26 groups
All-time high
9,561 1000 ha
in 2019
All-time low
6,003 1000 ha
in 2015
Years of data
5
2015–2019

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

02.0k4.0k6.0k8.0k10.0k2015201720192015: 6.0k 1000 ha2016: 7.2k 1000 ha2017: 8.3k 1000 ha2018: 9.0k 1000 ha2019: 9.6k 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 Eastern Africa is 9,561 1000 ha, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.

That represents a change of up 5.8% on the previous year and up 59.3% over five years.

Eastern Africa ranks 9th of 26 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.

Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Eastern Africa, year by year

Annual values for Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded — Area from CGLS in Eastern Africa, 2015 to 2019.
Year 1000 ha Change
2015 6,003 1000 ha
2016 7,243 1000 ha +20.7%
2017 8,301 1000 ha +14.6%
2018 9,040 1000 ha +8.9%
2019 9,561 1000 ha +5.8%

Countries ranked near Eastern Africa

  1. 6 China, mainland 5,441 1000 ha compare
  2. 7 Kazakhstan 3,586 1000 ha compare
  3. 8 Indonesia 2,752 1000 ha compare
  4. 9 South Sudan 2,735 1000 ha compare
  5. 10 Australia and New Zealand 2,530 1000 ha compare
  6. 11 Australia 2,354 1000 ha compare
  7. 12 Zambia 2,320 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Eastern Africa?
Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Eastern Africa was 9,561 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 Eastern Africa?
The highest recorded value was 9,561 1000 ha in 2019.
What is the lowest shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded recorded in Eastern Africa?
The lowest recorded value was 6,003 1000 ha in 2015.
How does Eastern Africa rank for shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded?
Eastern Africa ranks 9th out of 26 groups with data for 2019.
Where does this Eastern 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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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.