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

Iran (Islamic Republic of)
20,697 1000 ha
in 2024
Somalia
19,530 1000 ha
in 2024
Iran (Islamic Republic of) rank
2nd
Somalia rank
10th

Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS over time

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

Iran (Islamic Republic of) currently reports 20,697 1000 ha against 19,530 1000 ha in Somalia, a difference of 1,167 1000 ha.

That makes Iran (Islamic Republic of)'s figure about 1.1 times Somalia's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 24 shared years of data; in 2001 it was Somalia ahead.

Iran (Islamic Republic of) ranks 2nd and Somalia ranks 10th of 20 regions.

Across the 3 decades both report, Iran (Islamic Republic of) averaged higher in 2 and Somalia in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Iran (Islamic Republic of) Somalia Difference Ahead
2000s 18,340 1000 ha 19,551 1000 ha 1,210 1000 ha Somalia
2010s 19,516 1000 ha 18,509 1000 ha 1,007 1000 ha Iran (Islamic Republic of)
2020s 21,698 1000 ha 19,659 1000 ha 2,039 1000 ha Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher shrub-covered areas — area from modis, Iran (Islamic Republic of) or Somalia?
Iran (Islamic Republic of), at 20,697 1000 ha against 19,530 1000 ha in Somalia as of 2024.
What is the difference in shrub-covered areas — area from modis between Iran (Islamic Republic of) and Somalia?
1,167 1000 ha, with Iran (Islamic Republic of) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Iran (Islamic Republic of) and Somalia?
24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
How do Iran (Islamic Republic of) and Somalia rank globally for shrub-covered areas — area from modis?
Iran (Islamic Republic of) ranks 2nd and Somalia ranks 10th 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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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.