Spain vs Western Africa: Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS
Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS over time
- Spain
- Western Africa
How they compare
Spain currently reports 5,027 1000 ha against 1,747 1000 ha in Western Africa, a difference of 3,280 1000 ha.
That makes Spain's figure about 2.9 times Western Africa's.
Across all 24 years both countries report, Spain has been ahead every year.
Spain ranks 18th and Western Africa ranks 20th of 223 countries.
Spain has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Spain | Western Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 5,556 1000 ha | 2,615 1000 ha | 2,941 1000 ha | Spain |
| 2010s | 5,159 1000 ha | 2,289 1000 ha | 2,870 1000 ha | Spain |
| 2020s | 5,002 1000 ha | 1,854 1000 ha | 3,148 1000 ha | Spain |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher shrub-covered areas — area from modis, Spain or Western Africa?
- Spain, at 5,027 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 Spain and Western Africa?
- 3,280 1000 ha, with Spain ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Spain and Western Africa?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
- How do Spain and Western Africa rank globally for shrub-covered areas — area from modis?
- Spain ranks 18th 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.