Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded was 34.12 1000 ha in 2024. β² Rising
Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Sri Lanka, 2001β2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
In 2024, shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Sri Lanka stood at 34.12 1000 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.6% on the previous year and up 65.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Sri Lanka peaked at 37.11 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 17.27 1000 ha, in 2008.
That places Sri Lanka 87th out of 218 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 21.84 1000 ha | 17.27 1000 ha | 37.11 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 23.62 1000 ha | 18.55 1000 ha | 28.47 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 31.95 1000 ha | 29.93 1000 ha | 34.12 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sri Lanka
More environment data for Sri Lanka
- Historical exposure to drought β Land soil moisture anomaly 5.24 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought β Cropland soil moisture anomaly 5.49 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.207 Β°C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.849 Β°C (2025)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified β Import 46.57 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified β Import 0.0001 t per person (2024)
- Exposure to drought β Land soil moisture anomaly 1.79 Percentage change (2024)
- Exposure to drought β Cropland soil moisture anomaly 1.72 Percentage change (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified β Import value 11.98 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Sri Lanka?
- Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Sri Lanka was 34.12 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 Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 37.11 1000 ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 17.27 1000 ha in 2008.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded?
- Sri Lanka ranks 87th out of 218 countries with data for 2024.
- Is shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is up 65.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sri Lanka 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 MODIS. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.