Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Antarctica
Antarctica: Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 0.5 1000 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Antarctica, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Antarctica recorded 0.5 1000 ha for shrub-covered areas — area from modis in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 78.6% on the previous year and up 108.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Antarctica peaked at 1.47 1000 ha in 2003 and was at its lowest, 0 1000 ha, in 2001.
That places Antarctica 119th out of 240 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.4233 1000 ha | 0 1000 ha | 1.47 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.182 1000 ha | 0.04 1000 ha | 0.45 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.308 1000 ha | 0.17 1000 ha | 0.5 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Antarctica
More environment data for Antarctica
- Mangroves — Area from CCI_LC 0 1000 ha (2022)
- Inland water bodies — Area from CCI_LC 33,779 1000 ha (2022)
- Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from CCI_LC 1.18 million 1000 ha (2022)
- Terrestrial barren land — Area from CCI_LC 0 1000 ha (2022)
- Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC 10.16 1000 ha (2022)
- Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded 0 1000 ha (2022)
- Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC 0 1000 ha (2022)
- Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC 0 1000 ha (2022)
- Grassland — Area from CCI_LC 0 1000 ha (2022)
- Woody crops — Area from CCI_LC 0 1000 ha (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Antarctica?
- Shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Antarctica was 0.5 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 Antarctica?
- The highest recorded value was 1.47 1000 ha in 2003.
- What is the lowest shrub-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Antarctica?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 1000 ha in 2001.
- How does Antarctica rank for shrub-covered areas — area from modis?
- Antarctica ranks 119th out of 240 countries with data for 2024.
- Is shrub-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in Antarctica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 108.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Antarctica 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.