Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Angola
Angola: Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 3,228 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Angola, 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 Angola stood at 3,228 1000 ha. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
The figure is down 4.9% on the previous year and down 12.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Angola peaked at 6,122 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 3,228 1000 ha, in 2024.
Angola ranks 25th of 223 countries 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 Angola, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 6,122 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 5,871 1000 ha | -4.1% |
| 2003 | 5,869 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2004 | 5,474 1000 ha | -6.7% |
| 2005 | 5,757 1000 ha | +5.2% |
| 2006 | 5,269 1000 ha | -8.5% |
| 2007 | 4,824 1000 ha | -8.4% |
| 2008 | 4,128 1000 ha | -14.4% |
| 2009 | 3,728 1000 ha | -9.7% |
| 2010 | 3,703 1000 ha | -0.7% |
| 2011 | 3,293 1000 ha | -11.0% |
| 2012 | 3,256 1000 ha | -1.1% |
| 2013 | 3,503 1000 ha | +7.6% |
| 2014 | 3,705 1000 ha | +5.8% |
| 2015 | 4,030 1000 ha | +8.8% |
| 2016 | 3,938 1000 ha | -2.3% |
| 2017 | 4,041 1000 ha | +2.6% |
| 2018 | 4,227 1000 ha | +4.6% |
| 2019 | 4,254 1000 ha | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 4,059 1000 ha | -4.6% |
| 2021 | 4,133 1000 ha | +1.8% |
| 2022 | 3,605 1000 ha | -12.8% |
| 2023 | 3,394 1000 ha | -5.9% |
| 2024 | 3,228 1000 ha | -4.9% |
Angola compared with similar countries
- Angola's 3,228 1000 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 14.44 1000 ha, 223.5× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Angola's 3,228 1000 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 25.07 1000 ha, 128.7× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 5,227 1000 ha | 3,728 1000 ha | 6,122 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 3,795 1000 ha | 3,256 1000 ha | 4,254 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,684 1000 ha | 3,228 1000 ha | 4,133 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Angola
More environment data for Angola
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -2.86 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -0.076 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.211 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.971 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 2.4 % 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 0.8333 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Angola?
- Shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Angola was 3,228 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 Angola?
- The highest recorded value was 6,122 1000 ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest shrub-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Angola?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,228 1000 ha in 2024.
- How does Angola rank for shrub-covered areas — area from modis?
- Angola ranks 25th out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is shrub-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in Angola?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Angola 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.