Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Americas

Americas: Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 309,564 1000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat

Latest (2024)
309,564 1000 ha
Change on year
up 0.3%
Rank
5th
of 29 groups
All-time high
324,841 1000 ha
in 2005
All-time low
303,233 1000 ha
in 2022
Years of data
24
2001–2024

Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Americas, 2001–2024

0100.0k200.0k300.0k2001201220242001: 319.9k 1000 ha2002: 321.9k 1000 ha2003: 321.5k 1000 ha2004: 323.6k 1000 ha2005: 324.8k 1000 ha2006: 320.0k 1000 ha2007: 316.2k 1000 ha2008: 311.0k 1000 ha2009: 314.4k 1000 ha2010: 314.4k 1000 ha2011: 319.4k 1000 ha2012: 321.1k 1000 ha2013: 315.0k 1000 ha2014: 310.6k 1000 ha2015: 306.9k 1000 ha2016: 307.6k 1000 ha2017: 310.1k 1000 ha2018: 314.0k 1000 ha2019: 314.6k 1000 ha2020: 312.4k 1000 ha2021: 308.9k 1000 ha2022: 303.2k 1000 ha2023: 308.6k 1000 ha2024: 309.6k 1000 ha

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 29 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest 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

  1. 2 Australia 431,570 1000 ha compare
  2. 3 Russian Federation 331,581 1000 ha compare
  3. 4 Canada 82,385 1000 ha compare
  4. 5 Argentina 67,972 1000 ha compare
  5. 6 Mexico 44,624 1000 ha compare
  6. 7 Namibia 41,996 1000 ha compare
  7. 8 Botswana 26,484 1000 ha compare

See the full ranking of 269 places →

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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 29 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.

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About this data

Indicator
Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS
Unit
1000 ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
269 places, 6,390 data points, 2001–2024
Last refreshed

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.