Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Americas
Americas: Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 309,564 1000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Americas, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
In 2024, shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Americas stood at 309,564 1000 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and down 0.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Americas peaked at 324,841 1000 ha in 2005 and was at its lowest, 303,233 1000 ha, in 2022.
Americas ranks 5th of 26 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Americas, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 319,902 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 321,923 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2003 | 321,519 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 323,611 1000 ha | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 324,841 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 320,015 1000 ha | -1.5% |
| 2007 | 316,224 1000 ha | -1.2% |
| 2008 | 310,961 1000 ha | -1.7% |
| 2009 | 314,428 1000 ha | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 314,415 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2011 | 319,367 1000 ha | +1.6% |
| 2012 | 321,094 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 314,961 1000 ha | -1.9% |
| 2014 | 310,592 1000 ha | -1.4% |
| 2015 | 306,929 1000 ha | -1.2% |
| 2016 | 307,562 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 310,130 1000 ha | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 314,028 1000 ha | +1.3% |
| 2019 | 314,605 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 312,360 1000 ha | -0.7% |
| 2021 | 308,869 1000 ha | -1.1% |
| 2022 | 303,233 1000 ha | -1.8% |
| 2023 | 308,616 1000 ha | +1.8% |
| 2024 | 309,564 1000 ha | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 319,269 1000 ha | 310,961 1000 ha | 324,841 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 313,368 1000 ha | 306,929 1000 ha | 321,094 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 308,528 1000 ha | 303,233 1000 ha | 312,360 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Americas
- 2 Australia 431,570 1000 ha compare
- 2 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 20,697 1000 ha compare
- 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
More environment data for Americas
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Temperature change 1.95 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.303 °C (2025)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Annual growth US$ 2.72 % (2024)
- Wood fuel, coniferous — Production 78.58 million m3 (2024)
- Wood fuel, non-coniferous — Production 263.00 million m3 (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Share of GDP US$ 1.73 % (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Value US$, 2015 525,862 million USD (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Share of GDP US$ 1.74 % (2024)
- Wood fuel — Production 341.57 million m3 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Americas?
- Shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Americas was 309,564 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 Americas?
- The highest recorded value was 324,841 1000 ha in 2005.
- What is the lowest shrub-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Americas?
- The lowest recorded value was 303,233 1000 ha in 2022.
- How does Americas rank for shrub-covered areas — area from modis?
- Americas ranks 5th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is shrub-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in Americas?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Americas 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 24 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).
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.