Asia vs Iran (Islamic Republic of): Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS

Asia
81,973 1000 ha
in 2024
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
20,697 1000 ha
in 2024
Asia rank
1st
Iran (Islamic Republic of) rank
2nd

Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS over time

  • Asia
  • Iran (Islamic Republic of)
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How they compare

Asia currently reports 81,973 1000 ha against 20,697 1000 ha in Iran (Islamic Republic of), a difference of 61,276 1000 ha.

That makes Asia's figure about 4.0 times Iran (Islamic Republic of)'s.

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

Asia ranks 1st and Iran (Islamic Republic of) ranks 2nd of 20 regions.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Asia Iran (Islamic Republic of) Difference Ahead
2000s 73,368 1000 ha 18,340 1000 ha 55,028 1000 ha Asia
2010s 76,084 1000 ha 19,516 1000 ha 56,568 1000 ha Asia
2020s 83,622 1000 ha 21,698 1000 ha 61,924 1000 ha Asia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher shrub-covered areas — area from modis, Asia or Iran (Islamic Republic of)?
Asia, at 81,973 1000 ha against 20,697 1000 ha in Iran (Islamic Republic of) as of 2024.
What is the difference in shrub-covered areas — area from modis between Asia and Iran (Islamic Republic of)?
61,276 1000 ha, with Asia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Asia and Iran (Islamic Republic of)?
24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
How do Asia and Iran (Islamic Republic of) rank globally for shrub-covered areas — area from modis?
Asia ranks 1st and Iran (Islamic Republic of) ranks 2nd of 20 regions.
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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About this data

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.