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

Northern Europe: Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded was 1,725 1000 ha in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
1,725 1000 ha
Change on year
up 4.4%
Rank
18th
of 26 groups
All-time high
1,725 1000 ha
in 2019
All-time low
887.92 1000 ha
in 2015
Years of data
5
2015–2019

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

05001.0k1.5k2015201720192015: 887.9 1000 ha2016: 1.2k 1000 ha2017: 1.5k 1000 ha2018: 1.7k 1000 ha2019: 1.7k 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 Northern Europe stood at 1,725 1000 ha. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.4% on the previous year and up 94.3% over five years.

That places Northern Europe 18th out of 26 groups with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.

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

Annual values for Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded — Area from CGLS in Northern Europe, 2015 to 2019.
Year 1000 ha Change
2015 887.92 1000 ha
2016 1,241 1000 ha +39.8%
2017 1,470 1000 ha +18.5%
2018 1,653 1000 ha +12.4%
2019 1,725 1000 ha +4.4%

Countries ranked near Northern Europe

  1. 15 Paraguay 2,021 1000 ha compare
  2. 16 Angola 1,915 1000 ha compare
  3. 17 Nigeria 1,842 1000 ha compare
  4. 18 India 1,578 1000 ha compare
  5. 19 Mozambique 1,342 1000 ha compare
  6. 20 Ukraine 1,167 1000 ha compare
  7. 21 Cuba 1,056 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Northern Europe?
Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Northern Europe was 1,725 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 Northern Europe?
The highest recorded value was 1,725 1000 ha in 2019.
What is the lowest shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded recorded in Northern Europe?
The lowest recorded value was 887.92 1000 ha in 2015.
How does Northern Europe rank for shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded?
Northern Europe ranks 18th out of 26 groups with data for 2019.
Where does this Northern 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.