Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in United States of America

United States of America: Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded was 20,054 1000 ha in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
20,054 1000 ha
Change on year
up 3.4%
Rank
8th
of 26 groups
All-time high
20,054 1000 ha
in 2019
All-time low
13,542 1000 ha
in 2015
Years of data
5
2015–2019

Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in United States of America, 2015–2019

05.0k10.0k15.0k20.0k2015201720192015: 13.5k 1000 ha2016: 16.7k 1000 ha2017: 18.3k 1000 ha2018: 19.4k 1000 ha2019: 20.1k 1000 ha

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

Analysis

United States of America recorded 20,054 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.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.4% on the previous year and up 48.1% over five years.

United States of America ranks 8th of 26 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.

Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in United States of America, year by year

Annual values for Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded — Area from CGLS in United States of America, 2015 to 2019.
Year 1000 ha Change
2015 13,542 1000 ha
2016 16,681 1000 ha +23.2%
2017 18,343 1000 ha +10.0%
2018 19,392 1000 ha +5.7%
2019 20,054 1000 ha +3.4%

Countries ranked near United States of America

  1. 5 China 5,488 1000 ha compare
  2. 5 Democratic Republic of the Congo 1,427 1000 ha compare
  3. 6 China, mainland 5,441 1000 ha compare
  4. 6 United Republic of Tanzania 1,017 1000 ha compare
  5. 7 Kazakhstan 3,586 1000 ha compare
  6. 7 Melanesia 630.54 1000 ha compare
  7. 8 Indonesia 2,752 1000 ha compare
  8. 8 Viet Nam 586.1 1000 ha compare
  9. 9 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 117.05 1000 ha compare
  10. 9 South Sudan 2,735 1000 ha compare
  11. 10 Türkiye 90.35 1000 ha compare
  12. 10 Australia and New Zealand 2,530 1000 ha compare
  13. 11 Australia 2,354 1000 ha compare
  14. 11 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 61.86 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in United States of America?
Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in United States of America was 20,054 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 States of America?
The highest recorded value was 20,054 1000 ha in 2019.
What is the lowest shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded recorded in United States of America?
The lowest recorded value was 13,542 1000 ha in 2015.
How does United States of America rank for shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded?
United States of America ranks 8th out of 26 groups with data for 2019.
Where does this United States of America 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.