Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Africa
Africa: Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 188,539 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Africa, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Africa is 188,539 1000 ha, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.2% on the previous year and down 1.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Africa peaked at 208,718 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 188,539 1000 ha, in 2024.
Africa ranks 6th of 26 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Africa, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 208,718 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 200,247 1000 ha | -4.1% |
| 2003 | 197,691 1000 ha | -1.3% |
| 2004 | 195,624 1000 ha | -1.0% |
| 2005 | 202,767 1000 ha | +3.7% |
| 2006 | 196,495 1000 ha | -3.1% |
| 2007 | 205,091 1000 ha | +4.4% |
| 2008 | 204,757 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2009 | 203,842 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2010 | 204,109 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 198,201 1000 ha | -2.9% |
| 2012 | 196,053 1000 ha | -1.1% |
| 2013 | 192,139 1000 ha | -2.0% |
| 2014 | 190,879 1000 ha | -0.7% |
| 2015 | 196,416 1000 ha | +2.9% |
| 2016 | 201,195 1000 ha | +2.4% |
| 2017 | 201,335 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 198,412 1000 ha | -1.5% |
| 2019 | 196,128 1000 ha | -1.2% |
| 2020 | 194,267 1000 ha | -0.9% |
| 2021 | 193,074 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2022 | 198,429 1000 ha | +2.8% |
| 2023 | 188,853 1000 ha | -4.8% |
| 2024 | 188,539 1000 ha | -0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 201,692 1000 ha | 195,624 1000 ha | 208,718 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 197,487 1000 ha | 190,879 1000 ha | 204,109 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 192,632 1000 ha | 188,539 1000 ha | 198,429 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Africa
- 3 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 9,604 1000 ha compare
- 3 Russian Federation 331,581 1000 ha compare
- 4 Canada 82,385 1000 ha compare
- 4 Syrian Arab Republic 3,461 1000 ha compare
- 5 Argentina 67,972 1000 ha compare
- 6 South Africa 46,474 1000 ha compare
- 6 Türkiye 1,704 1000 ha compare
- 7 Mexico 44,624 1000 ha compare
- 7 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 215.11 1000 ha compare
- 8 Namibia 41,996 1000 ha compare
- 8 United Republic of Tanzania 58.8 1000 ha compare
- 9 Botswana 26,484 1000 ha compare
- 9 Viet Nam 7.68 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Africa
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -7.12 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -7.93 Percentage change (2025)
- Temperature change 1.32 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.213 °C (2025)
- Primary wood and paper products (export/import) — Export value 5.54 million 1000 USD (2024)
- Roundwood, coniferous — Production 32.26 million m3 (2024)
- Roundwood — Export value 714,851 1000 USD (2024)
- Roundwood — Export quantity 3.78 million m3 (2024)
- Roundwood — Import value 182,147 1000 USD (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Africa?
- Shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Africa was 188,539 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 Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 208,718 1000 ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest shrub-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 188,539 1000 ha in 2024.
- How does Africa rank for shrub-covered areas — area from modis?
- Africa ranks 6th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is shrub-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Africa 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.