Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded was 94.03 1000 ha in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
94.03 1000 ha
Change on year
up 9.7%
World rank
79th
of 194 countries
All-time high
94.03 1000 ha
in 2019
All-time low
29.59 1000 ha
in 2015
Years of data
5
2015–2019

Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 2015–2019

204060801002015201720192015: 29.6 1000 ha2016: 59.4 1000 ha2017: 72.1 1000 ha2018: 85.7 1000 ha2019: 94 1000 ha

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

Analysis

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland recorded 94.03 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.

That represents a change of up 9.7% on the previous year and up 217.8% over five years.

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ranks 79th of 194 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, year by year

Annual values for Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded — Area from CGLS in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 2015 to 2019.
Year 1000 ha Change
2015 29.59 1000 ha
2016 59.41 1000 ha +100.8%
2017 72.06 1000 ha +21.3%
2018 85.69 1000 ha +18.9%
2019 94.03 1000 ha +9.7%

Countries ranked near United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

  1. 76 Mauritius 100.75 1000 ha compare
  2. 77 Burkina Faso 98.14 1000 ha compare
  3. 78 Zimbabwe 97.3 1000 ha compare
  4. 80 Central African Republic 80.06 1000 ha compare
  5. 81 Guatemala 79.51 1000 ha compare
  6. 82 Malaysia 78.8 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland was 94.03 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 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
The highest recorded value was 94.03 1000 ha in 2019.
What is the lowest shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded recorded in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
The lowest recorded value was 29.59 1000 ha in 2015.
How does United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland rank for shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded?
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ranks 79th out of 194 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 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
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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.