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

Rwanda: Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded was 70.58 1000 ha in 2019. β–² Rising

Latest (2019)
70.58 1000 ha
Change on year
up 5.2%
World rank
93rd
of 210 countries
All-time high
70.58 1000 ha
in 2019
All-time low
44.52 1000 ha
in 2015
Years of data
5
2015–2019

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

0204060802015201720192015: 44.5 1000 ha2016: 53.7 1000 ha2017: 60.9 1000 ha2018: 67.1 1000 ha2019: 70.6 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 Rwanda stood at 70.58 1000 ha. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.2% on the previous year and up 58.5% over five years.

Rwanda ranks 93rd of 210 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

Countries ranked near Rwanda

  1. 90 Malaysia 78.8 1000 ha compare
  2. 91 Mauritania 76.41 1000 ha compare
  3. 92 Egypt 75.59 1000 ha compare
  4. 94 Japan 70.4 1000 ha compare
  5. 95 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 69.59 1000 ha compare
  6. 96 Dominican Republic 69.4 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 Rwanda?
Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Rwanda was 70.58 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 Rwanda?
The highest recorded value was 70.58 1000 ha in 2019.
What is the lowest shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded recorded in Rwanda?
The lowest recorded value was 44.52 1000 ha in 2015.
How does Rwanda rank for shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded?
Rwanda ranks 93rd out of 210 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Rwanda 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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About this data

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.