Northern Africa vs Spain: Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS
Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS over time
- Northern Africa
- Spain
How they compare
Northern Africa currently reports 26,352 1000 ha against 5,027 1000 ha in Spain, a difference of 21,325 1000 ha.
That makes Northern Africa's figure about 5.2 times Spain's.
Across all 24 years both countries report, Northern Africa has been ahead every year.
Northern Africa ranks 11th and Spain ranks 18th of 44 regions.
Northern Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Northern Africa | Spain | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 23,425 1000 ha | 5,556 1000 ha | 17,870 1000 ha | Northern Africa |
| 2010s | 25,399 1000 ha | 5,159 1000 ha | 20,240 1000 ha | Northern Africa |
| 2020s | 25,999 1000 ha | 5,002 1000 ha | 20,997 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 Spain?
- Northern Africa, at 26,352 1000 ha against 5,027 1000 ha in Spain as of 2024.
- What is the difference in shrub-covered areas — area from modis between Northern Africa and Spain?
- 21,325 1000 ha, with Northern Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Northern Africa and Spain?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
- How do Northern Africa and Spain rank globally for shrub-covered areas — area from modis?
- Northern Africa ranks 11th and Spain ranks 18th of 44 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
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.