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

Iran (Islamic Republic of)
20,697 1000 ha
in 2024
Southern Africa
115,045 1000 ha
in 2024
Iran (Islamic Republic of) rank
2nd
Southern Africa rank
8th

Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS over time

  • Iran (Islamic Republic of)
  • Southern Africa
25.0k50.0k75.0k100.0k125.0k200120122024

How they compare

Southern Africa currently reports 115,045 1000 ha against 20,697 1000 ha in Iran (Islamic Republic of), a difference of 94,348 1000 ha.

That makes Southern Africa's figure about 5.6 times Iran (Islamic Republic of)'s.

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

Iran (Islamic Republic of) ranks 2nd and Southern Africa ranks 8th of 20 groups.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Iran (Islamic Republic of) Southern Africa Difference Ahead
2000s 18,340 1000 ha 112,847 1000 ha 94,507 1000 ha Southern Africa
2010s 19,516 1000 ha 115,559 1000 ha 96,043 1000 ha Southern Africa
2020s 21,698 1000 ha 114,142 1000 ha 92,445 1000 ha Southern Africa

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 Southern Africa?
Southern Africa, at 115,045 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 Iran (Islamic Republic of) and Southern Africa?
94,348 1000 ha, with Southern Africa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Iran (Islamic Republic of) and Southern Africa?
24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
How do Iran (Islamic Republic of) and Southern Africa rank globally for shrub-covered areas — area from modis?
Iran (Islamic Republic of) ranks 2nd and Southern Africa ranks 8th of 20 groups.
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.