Northern Africa vs Polynesia: Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS
Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS over time
- Northern Africa
- Polynesia
How they compare
Northern Africa currently reports 26,352 1000 ha against 0.04 1000 ha in Polynesia, a difference of 26,352 1000 ha.
Across all 24 years both countries report, Northern Africa has been ahead every year.
Northern Africa ranks 14th and Polynesia ranks 13th of 26 groups.
Northern Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Northern Africa | Polynesia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 23,425 1000 ha | 0.0167 1000 ha | 23,425 1000 ha | Northern Africa |
| 2010s | 25,399 1000 ha | 0.028 1000 ha | 25,399 1000 ha | Northern Africa |
| 2020s | 25,999 1000 ha | 0.032 1000 ha | 25,999 1000 ha | Northern Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher shrub-covered areas — area from modis, Northern Africa or Polynesia?
- Northern Africa, at 26,352 1000 ha against 0.04 1000 ha in Polynesia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in shrub-covered areas — area from modis between Northern Africa and Polynesia?
- 26,352 1000 ha, with Northern Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Northern Africa and Polynesia?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
- How do Northern Africa and Polynesia rank globally for shrub-covered areas — area from modis?
- Northern Africa ranks 14th and Polynesia ranks 13th of 26 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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About this data
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.