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

Vanuatu: Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded was 10.96 1000 ha in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
10.96 1000 ha
Change on year
up 2.7%
World rank
141st
of 210 countries
All-time high
10.96 1000 ha
in 2019
All-time low
5.1 1000 ha
in 2015
Years of data
5
2015–2019

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

02.557.5102015201720192015: 5.1 1000 ha2016: 9.1 1000 ha2017: 9.7 1000 ha2018: 10.7 1000 ha2019: 11 1000 ha

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

Analysis

Vanuatu recorded 10.96 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.

The figure is up 2.7% on the previous year and up 114.9% over five years.

Vanuatu ranks 141st of 210 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

Countries ranked near Vanuatu

  1. 138 Albania 13.01 1000 ha compare
  2. 139 Afghanistan 12.56 1000 ha compare
  3. 140 Kyrgyzstan 11.21 1000 ha compare
  4. 142 Timor-Leste 10.53 1000 ha compare
  5. 143 Bosnia and Herzegovina 10.13 1000 ha compare
  6. 144 Lesotho 8.67 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Vanuatu?
Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Vanuatu was 10.96 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 Vanuatu?
The highest recorded value was 10.96 1000 ha in 2019.
What is the lowest shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded recorded in Vanuatu?
The lowest recorded value was 5.1 1000 ha in 2015.
How does Vanuatu rank for shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded?
Vanuatu ranks 141st out of 210 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Vanuatu 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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About this data

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.