Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of vs Central Asia: Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS

Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of
7,189 1000 ha
in 2024
Central Asia
13,483 1000 ha
in 2024
Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of rank
17th
Central Asia rank
14th

Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS over time

  • Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of
  • Central Asia
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How they compare

Central Asia currently reports 13,483 1000 ha against 7,189 1000 ha in Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of, a difference of 6,294 1000 ha.

That makes Central Asia's figure about 1.9 times Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of's.

Across all 24 years both countries report, Central Asia has been ahead every year.

Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of ranks 17th and Central Asia ranks 14th of 218 countries.

Central Asia has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of Central Asia Difference Ahead
2000s 5,138 1000 ha 9,826 1000 ha 4,687 1000 ha Central Asia
2010s 6,149 1000 ha 12,449 1000 ha 6,300 1000 ha Central Asia
2020s 7,347 1000 ha 13,112 1000 ha 5,765 1000 ha Central Asia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher shrub-covered areas — area from modis, Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of or Central Asia?
Central Asia, at 13,483 1000 ha against 7,189 1000 ha in Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of as of 2024.
What is the difference in shrub-covered areas — area from modis between Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of and Central Asia?
6,294 1000 ha, with Central Asia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of and Central Asia?
24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
How do Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of and Central Asia rank globally for shrub-covered areas — area from modis?
Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of ranks 17th and Central Asia ranks 14th of 218 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Shrub-covered areas — 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

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.