Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 7,189 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Afghanistan, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Afghanistan recorded 7,189 1000 ha for shrub-covered areas — area from modis in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.4% on the previous year and up 16.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Afghanistan peaked at 7,688 1000 ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 4,823 1000 ha, in 2004.
Afghanistan ranks 17th of 223 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Afghanistan, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 6,341 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 5,247 1000 ha | -17.3% |
| 2003 | 5,083 1000 ha | -3.1% |
| 2004 | 4,823 1000 ha | -5.1% |
| 2005 | 4,952 1000 ha | +2.7% |
| 2006 | 4,964 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 4,915 1000 ha | -1.0% |
| 2008 | 5,027 1000 ha | +2.3% |
| 2009 | 4,889 1000 ha | -2.7% |
| 2010 | 4,875 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2011 | 5,255 1000 ha | +7.8% |
| 2012 | 5,546 1000 ha | +5.5% |
| 2013 | 5,776 1000 ha | +4.1% |
| 2014 | 6,195 1000 ha | +7.3% |
| 2015 | 6,221 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 6,485 1000 ha | +4.2% |
| 2017 | 6,834 1000 ha | +5.4% |
| 2018 | 7,267 1000 ha | +6.3% |
| 2019 | 7,032 1000 ha | -3.2% |
| 2020 | 7,535 1000 ha | +7.1% |
| 2021 | 7,688 1000 ha | +2.0% |
| 2022 | 7,371 1000 ha | -4.1% |
| 2023 | 6,953 1000 ha | -5.7% |
| 2024 | 7,189 1000 ha | +3.4% |
Afghanistan compared with similar countries
- Afghanistan's 7,189 1000 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 41.75 1000 ha, 172.2× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Afghanistan's 7,189 1000 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 385.18 1000 ha, 18.7× the median. (21 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 5,138 1000 ha | 4,823 1000 ha | 6,341 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 6,149 1000 ha | 4,875 1000 ha | 7,267 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,347 1000 ha | 6,953 1000 ha | 7,688 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Afghanistan
- 14 Algeria 9,933 1000 ha compare
- 14 Timor-Leste 0.03 1000 ha compare
- 15 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 0 1000 ha compare
- 15 Micronesia (Federated States of) 0 1000 ha
- 15 Republic of Moldova 0 1000 ha
- 15 Turkmenistan 9,188 1000 ha compare
- 15 Wallis and Futuna Islands 0 1000 ha
- 15 Micronesia 0 1000 ha compare
- 16 India 7,709 1000 ha compare
- 18 Spain 5,027 1000 ha compare
- 19 Saudi Arabia 4,375 1000 ha compare
- 20 Yemen 4,370 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Afghanistan
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -19.95 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -17.12 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.547 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.96 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate -100 % change on previous year (1990)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 1.85 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate 0.7636 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Afghanistan?
- Shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Afghanistan was 7,189 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest shrub-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Afghanistan?
- The highest recorded value was 7,688 1000 ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest shrub-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Afghanistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,823 1000 ha in 2004.
- How does Afghanistan rank for shrub-covered areas — area from modis?
- Afghanistan ranks 17th out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is shrub-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in Afghanistan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Afghanistan data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.