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

Europe: Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded was 117,952 1000 ha in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
117,952 1000 ha
Change on year
up 3.1%
Rank
2nd
of 26 regions
All-time high
117,952 1000 ha
in 2019
All-time low
86,089 1000 ha
in 2015
Years of data
5
2015–2019

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

025.0k50.0k75.0k100.0k125.0k2015201720192015: 86.1k 1000 ha2016: 100.3k 1000 ha2017: 107.7k 1000 ha2018: 114.4k 1000 ha2019: 118.0k 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 Europe is 117,952 1000 ha, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.

The figure is up 3.1% on the previous year and up 37.0% over five years.

That places Europe 2nd out of 26 regions with data for 2019, putting it in the top 10%.

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

Annual values for Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded — Area from CGLS in Europe, 2015 to 2019.
Year 1000 ha Change
2015 86,089 1000 ha
2016 100,303 1000 ha +16.5%
2017 107,680 1000 ha +7.4%
2018 114,447 1000 ha +6.3%
2019 117,952 1000 ha +3.1%

Countries ranked near Europe

  1. 1 Russian Federation 113,046 1000 ha compare
  2. 2 Brazil 13,328 1000 ha compare
  3. 3 Canada 12,711 1000 ha compare
  4. 4 Argentina 9,203 1000 ha compare
  5. 5 China 5,488 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Europe?
Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Europe was 117,952 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 Europe?
The highest recorded value was 117,952 1000 ha in 2019.
What is the lowest shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded recorded in Europe?
The lowest recorded value was 86,089 1000 ha in 2015.
How does Europe rank for shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded?
Europe ranks 2nd out of 26 regions with data for 2019.
Where does this Europe 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.