Is shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded rising or falling in Guyana?

Over the last ten years it is down 42.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.

Where does this Guyana 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 MODIS. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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

Name: Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Guyana
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)

Guyana: Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded was 11.8 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)

11.8 1000 ha

Change on year

down 13.2%

World rank

129th

of 240 countries

All-time high

31.85 1000 ha

in 2001

All-time low

8.87 1000 ha

in 2006

Years of data

2001–2024

Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Guyana, 2001–2024

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

Analysis

Guyana recorded 11.8 1000 ha for shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in 2024.

That represents a change of down 13.2% on the previous year and down 42.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Guyana peaked at 31.85 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 8.87 1000 ha, in 2006.

Guyana ranks 129th of 240 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
2000s	15.39 1000 ha	8.87 1000 ha	31.85 1000 ha	9
2010s	17.48 1000 ha	13.19 1000 ha	20.65 1000 ha	10
2020s	13.85 1000 ha	11.8 1000 ha	16.39 1000 ha	5

Countries ranked near Guyana

126 Slovakia 12.7 1000 ha compare
127 Dominican Republic 12.54 1000 ha compare
128 Benin 12.18 1000 ha compare
130 Kiribati 11.5 1000 ha compare
131 Syrian Arab Republic 11.38 1000 ha compare
132 Cyprus 11.18 1000 ha compare

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More environment data for Guyana

Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 100 % (2024)
Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 143 1000 ha (2024)
Inland waters — Area 383 1000 ha (2024)
Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 2.81 % (2024)
Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 82.5 % (2024)
Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 594 1000 ha (2024)
Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 4.33 % (2024)
Permanent crops — Area 31.17 1000 ha (2024)
Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 13.17 % (2024)
Arable land — Area 94.83 1000 ha (2024)

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Frequently asked questions

What is shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Guyana?: Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Guyana was 11.8 1000 ha in 2024, 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 Guyana?: The highest recorded value was 31.85 1000 ha in 2001.
What is the lowest shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded recorded in Guyana?: The lowest recorded value was 8.87 1000 ha in 2006.
How does Guyana rank for shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded?: Guyana ranks 129th out of 240 countries with data for 2024.
Is shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded rising or falling in Guyana?: Over the last ten years it is down 42.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Guyana 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 MODIS. 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 MODIS
Unit: 1000 ha
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage: 269 places, 6,390 data points, 2001–2024
Last refreshed: 12 August 2026

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.