Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in French Guiana

French Guiana: Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded was 46.42 1000 ha in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
46.42 1000 ha
Change on year
up 6.5%
World rank
99th
of 194 countries
All-time high
46.42 1000 ha
in 2019
All-time low
25.79 1000 ha
in 2015
Years of data
5
2015–2019

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

010203040502015201720192015: 25.8 1000 ha2016: 33.9 1000 ha2017: 38.2 1000 ha2018: 43.6 1000 ha2019: 46.4 1000 ha

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.

Analysis

French Guiana recorded 46.42 1000 ha for shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in 2019. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.

The figure is up 6.5% on the previous year and up 80.0% over five years.

French Guiana ranks 99th of 194 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

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

Annual values for Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded — Area from CGLS in French Guiana, 2015 to 2019.
Year 1000 ha Change
2015 25.79 1000 ha
2016 33.92 1000 ha +31.5%
2017 38.22 1000 ha +12.7%
2018 43.57 1000 ha +14.0%
2019 46.42 1000 ha +6.5%

Countries ranked near French Guiana

  1. 96 Costa Rica 58.04 1000 ha compare
  2. 97 Azerbaijan 53.71 1000 ha compare
  3. 98 Republic of Korea 50.4 1000 ha compare
  4. 100 China, Taiwan Province of 45.55 1000 ha compare
  5. 101 Sri Lanka 45.19 1000 ha compare
  6. 102 Somalia 39.61 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in French Guiana?
Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in French Guiana was 46.42 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 French Guiana?
The highest recorded value was 46.42 1000 ha in 2019.
What is the lowest shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded recorded in French Guiana?
The lowest recorded value was 25.79 1000 ha in 2015.
How does French Guiana rank for shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded?
French Guiana ranks 99th out of 194 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this French Guiana 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.