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

Iceland: Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded was 104.18 1000 ha in 2019. β–² Rising

Latest (2019)
104.18 1000 ha
Change on year
up 12.3%
World rank
73rd
of 192 countries
All-time high
104.18 1000 ha
in 2019
All-time low
49.05 1000 ha
in 2015
Years of data
5
2015–2019

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

02550751002015201720192015: 49 1000 ha2016: 67.7 1000 ha2017: 80.7 1000 ha2018: 92.8 1000 ha2019: 104.2 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 Iceland stood at 104.18 1000 ha. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.

That represents a change of up 12.3% on the previous year and up 112.4% over five years.

That places Iceland 73rd out of 192 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.

Countries ranked near Iceland

  1. 70 Mongolia 122.78 1000 ha compare
  2. 71 Latvia 113.08 1000 ha compare
  3. 72 Gambia, The 104.68 1000 ha compare
  4. 74 Spain 103.71 1000 ha compare
  5. 75 Panama 101.37 1000 ha compare
  6. 76 Mauritius 100.75 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Iceland?
Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Iceland was 104.18 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 Iceland?
The highest recorded value was 104.18 1000 ha in 2019.
What is the lowest shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded recorded in Iceland?
The lowest recorded value was 49.05 1000 ha in 2015.
How does Iceland rank for shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded?
Iceland ranks 73rd out of 192 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Iceland 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.