Afghanistan vs European Union (27): Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS

Afghanistan
7,189 1000 ha
in 2024
European Union (27)
8,451 1000 ha
in 2024
Afghanistan rank
17th
European Union (27) rank
17th

Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS over time

  • Afghanistan
  • European Union (27)
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How they compare

European Union (27) currently reports 8,451 1000 ha against 7,189 1000 ha in Afghanistan, a difference of 1,262 1000 ha.

That makes European Union (27)'s figure about 1.2 times Afghanistan's.

Across all 24 years both countries report, European Union (27) has been ahead every year.

Afghanistan ranks 17th and European Union (27) ranks 17th of 223 countries.

European Union (27) has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Afghanistan European Union (27) Difference Ahead
2000s 5,138 1000 ha 8,817 1000 ha 3,679 1000 ha European Union (27)
2010s 6,149 1000 ha 8,648 1000 ha 2,500 1000 ha European Union (27)
2020s 7,347 1000 ha 8,394 1000 ha 1,047 1000 ha European Union (27)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher shrub-covered areas — area from modis, Afghanistan or European Union (27)?
European Union (27), at 8,451 1000 ha against 7,189 1000 ha in Afghanistan as of 2024.
What is the difference in shrub-covered areas — area from modis between Afghanistan and European Union (27)?
1,262 1000 ha, with European Union (27) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and European Union (27)?
24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
How do Afghanistan and European Union (27) rank globally for shrub-covered areas — area from modis?
Afghanistan ranks 17th and European Union (27) ranks 17th of 223 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.