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

Nepal: Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded was 30.18 1000 ha in 2019. β–² Rising

Latest (2019)
30.18 1000 ha
Change on year
up 8.0%
World rank
110th
of 192 countries
All-time high
30.18 1000 ha
in 2019
All-time low
14.56 1000 ha
in 2015
Years of data
5
2015–2019

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

01020302015201720192015: 14.6 1000 ha2016: 20.4 1000 ha2017: 25.2 1000 ha2018: 27.9 1000 ha2019: 30.2 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 Nepal stood at 30.18 1000 ha. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.

That represents a change of up 8.0% on the previous year and up 107.3% over five years.

Nepal ranks 110th of 192 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

Countries ranked near Nepal

  1. 107 Portugal 31.75 1000 ha compare
  2. 108 Greece 31.48 1000 ha compare
  3. 109 New Caledonia 30.57 1000 ha compare
  4. 111 Togo 28.89 1000 ha compare
  5. 112 El Salvador 25.5 1000 ha compare
  6. 113 Bulgaria 25.16 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 Nepal?
Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Nepal was 30.18 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 Nepal?
The highest recorded value was 30.18 1000 ha in 2019.
What is the lowest shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded recorded in Nepal?
The lowest recorded value was 14.56 1000 ha in 2015.
How does Nepal rank for shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded?
Nepal ranks 110th out of 192 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Nepal 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.