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

Portugal: Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded was 31.75 1000 ha in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
31.75 1000 ha
Change on year
up 7.3%
World rank
107th
of 194 countries
All-time high
31.75 1000 ha
in 2019
All-time low
20.59 1000 ha
in 2015
Years of data
5
2015–2019

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

01020302015201720192015: 20.6 1000 ha2016: 23.9 1000 ha2017: 28.1 1000 ha2018: 29.6 1000 ha2019: 31.8 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 Portugal stood at 31.75 1000 ha. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 7.3% on the previous year and up 54.2% over five years.

Portugal ranks 107th of 194 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

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

Annual values for Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded — Area from CGLS in Portugal, 2015 to 2019.
Year 1000 ha Change
2015 20.59 1000 ha
2016 23.86 1000 ha +15.9%
2017 28.06 1000 ha +17.6%
2018 29.58 1000 ha +5.4%
2019 31.75 1000 ha +7.3%

Countries ranked near Portugal

  1. 104 Turkmenistan 37.29 1000 ha compare
  2. 105 Réunion 34.02 1000 ha compare
  3. 106 Ireland 32.87 1000 ha compare
  4. 108 Greece 31.48 1000 ha compare
  5. 109 New Caledonia 30.57 1000 ha compare
  6. 110 Nepal 30.18 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Portugal?
Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Portugal was 31.75 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 Portugal?
The highest recorded value was 31.75 1000 ha in 2019.
What is the lowest shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded recorded in Portugal?
The lowest recorded value was 20.59 1000 ha in 2015.
How does Portugal rank for shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded?
Portugal ranks 107th out of 194 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Portugal 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.