Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico: Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded was 15.42 1000 ha in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
15.42 1000 ha
Change on year
down 0.6%
World rank
124th
of 194 countries
All-time high
15.51 1000 ha
in 2018
All-time low
10.93 1000 ha
in 2015
Years of data
5
2015–2019

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

0510152015201720192015: 10.9 1000 ha2016: 13.4 1000 ha2017: 14.6 1000 ha2018: 15.5 1000 ha2019: 15.4 1000 ha

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

Analysis

The most recent figure for shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Puerto Rico is 15.42 1000 ha, measured in 2019.

The figure is down 0.6% on the previous year and up 41.1% over five years.

That places Puerto Rico 124th out of 194 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.

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

Annual values for Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded — Area from CGLS in Puerto Rico, 2015 to 2019.
Year 1000 ha Change
2015 10.93 1000 ha
2016 13.36 1000 ha +22.2%
2017 14.58 1000 ha +9.1%
2018 15.51 1000 ha +6.4%
2019 15.42 1000 ha -0.6%

Countries ranked near Puerto Rico

  1. 121 Austria 17.77 1000 ha compare
  2. 122 Solomon Islands 17.11 1000 ha compare
  3. 123 Fiji 15.89 1000 ha compare
  4. 125 Algeria 14.98 1000 ha compare
  5. 126 Czechia 13.8 1000 ha compare
  6. 127 Albania 13.01 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Puerto Rico?
Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Puerto Rico was 15.42 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 Puerto Rico?
The highest recorded value was 15.51 1000 ha in 2018.
What is the lowest shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded recorded in Puerto Rico?
The lowest recorded value was 10.93 1000 ha in 2015.
How does Puerto Rico rank for shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded?
Puerto Rico ranks 124th out of 194 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Puerto Rico 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.