Africa vs Russian Federation: Shrub-covered areas β€” Area from MODIS

Africa
188,539 1000 ha
in 2024
Russian Federation
331,581 1000 ha
in 2024
Africa rank
4th
Russian Federation rank
3rd

Shrub-covered areas β€” Area from MODIS over time

  • Africa
  • Russian Federation
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How they compare

Russian Federation currently reports 331,581 1000 ha against 188,539 1000 ha in Africa, a difference of 143,042 1000 ha.

That makes Russian Federation's figure about 1.8 times Africa's.

Across all 24 years both countries report, Russian Federation has been ahead every year.

Africa ranks 4th and Russian Federation ranks 3rd of 44 groups.

Russian Federation has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Africa Russian Federation Difference Ahead
2000s 201,692 1000 ha 342,863 1000 ha 141,171 1000 ha Russian Federation
2010s 197,487 1000 ha 335,437 1000 ha 137,950 1000 ha Russian Federation
2020s 192,632 1000 ha 332,273 1000 ha 139,641 1000 ha Russian Federation

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher shrub-covered areas β€” area from modis, Africa or Russian Federation?
Russian Federation, at 331,581 1000 ha against 188,539 1000 ha in Africa as of 2024.
What is the difference in shrub-covered areas β€” area from modis between Africa and Russian Federation?
143,042 1000 ha, with Russian Federation ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Africa and Russian Federation?
24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
How do Africa and Russian Federation rank globally for shrub-covered areas β€” area from modis?
Africa ranks 4th and Russian Federation ranks 3rd of 44 groups.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Shrub-covered areas β€” 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 β€” 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 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.