Saudi Arabia vs Western Africa: Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS
Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS over time
- Saudi Arabia
- Western Africa
How they compare
Saudi Arabia currently reports 4,375 1000 ha against 1,747 1000 ha in Western Africa, a difference of 2,628 1000 ha.
That makes Saudi Arabia's figure about 2.5 times Western Africa's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 24 shared years of data; in 2001 it was Western Africa ahead.
Saudi Arabia ranks 19th and Western Africa ranks 20th of 223 countries.
Saudi Arabia has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Saudi Arabia | Western Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3,139 1000 ha | 2,615 1000 ha | 524.07 1000 ha | Saudi Arabia |
| 2010s | 3,061 1000 ha | 2,289 1000 ha | 771.97 1000 ha | Saudi Arabia |
| 2020s | 3,967 1000 ha | 1,854 1000 ha | 2,113 1000 ha | Saudi Arabia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher shrub-covered areas — area from modis, Saudi Arabia or Western Africa?
- Saudi Arabia, at 4,375 1000 ha against 1,747 1000 ha in Western Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in shrub-covered areas — area from modis between Saudi Arabia and Western Africa?
- 2,628 1000 ha, with Saudi Arabia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Saudi Arabia and Western Africa?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
- How do Saudi Arabia and Western Africa rank globally for shrub-covered areas — area from modis?
- Saudi Arabia ranks 19th and Western Africa ranks 20th of 223 countries.
- 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.