Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in New Zealand

New Zealand: Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded was 176.91 1000 ha in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
176.91 1000 ha
Change on year
up 6.6%
World rank
64th
of 194 countries
All-time high
176.91 1000 ha
in 2019
All-time low
104.75 1000 ha
in 2015
Years of data
5
2015–2019

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

0501001502002015201720192015: 104.8 1000 ha2016: 127.2 1000 ha2017: 148.9 1000 ha2018: 165.9 1000 ha2019: 176.9 1000 ha

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

Analysis

New Zealand recorded 176.91 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 6.6% on the previous year and up 68.9% over five years.

New Zealand ranks 64th of 194 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

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

Annual values for Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded — Area from CGLS in New Zealand, 2015 to 2019.
Year 1000 ha Change
2015 104.75 1000 ha
2016 127.18 1000 ha +21.4%
2017 148.89 1000 ha +17.1%
2018 165.92 1000 ha +11.4%
2019 176.91 1000 ha +6.6%

Countries ranked near New Zealand

  1. 61 Suriname 187.54 1000 ha compare
  2. 62 Pakistan 178.71 1000 ha compare
  3. 63 Sierra Leone 177.76 1000 ha compare
  4. 65 Germany 170.69 1000 ha compare
  5. 66 Malawi 161.48 1000 ha compare
  6. 67 France 154.96 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in New Zealand?
Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in New Zealand was 176.91 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 New Zealand?
The highest recorded value was 176.91 1000 ha in 2019.
What is the lowest shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded recorded in New Zealand?
The lowest recorded value was 104.75 1000 ha in 2015.
How does New Zealand rank for shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded?
New Zealand ranks 64th out of 194 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this New Zealand 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.