Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Argentina

Argentina: Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 67,972 1000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat

Latest (2024)
67,972 1000 ha
Change on year
down 0.2%
World rank
5th
of 240 countries
All-time high
68,782 1000 ha
in 2009
All-time low
59,454 1000 ha
in 2001
Years of data
24
2001–2024

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

020.0k40.0k60.0k2001201220242001: 59.5k 1000 ha2002: 62.4k 1000 ha2003: 65.6k 1000 ha2004: 66.1k 1000 ha2005: 65.9k 1000 ha2006: 66.8k 1000 ha2007: 67.4k 1000 ha2008: 67.6k 1000 ha2009: 68.8k 1000 ha2010: 67.7k 1000 ha2011: 67.3k 1000 ha2012: 65.7k 1000 ha2013: 64.6k 1000 ha2014: 64.6k 1000 ha2015: 63.5k 1000 ha2016: 63.0k 1000 ha2017: 64.1k 1000 ha2018: 64.6k 1000 ha2019: 64.9k 1000 ha2020: 64.5k 1000 ha2021: 65.7k 1000 ha2022: 67.0k 1000 ha2023: 68.1k 1000 ha2024: 68.0k 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 Argentina stood at 67,972 1000 ha.

That represents a change of down 0.2% on the previous year and up 5.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Argentina peaked at 68,782 1000 ha in 2009 and was at its lowest, 59,454 1000 ha, in 2001.

That places Argentina 5th out of 240 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 65,561 1000 ha 59,454 1000 ha 68,782 1000 ha 9
2010s 65,002 1000 ha 63,030 1000 ha 67,694 1000 ha 10
2020s 66,641 1000 ha 64,458 1000 ha 68,085 1000 ha 5

Countries ranked near Argentina

  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. 6 Mexico 44,624 1000 ha compare
  5. 7 Namibia 41,996 1000 ha compare
  6. 8 Botswana 26,484 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Argentina?
Shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Argentina was 67,972 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 Argentina?
The highest recorded value was 68,782 1000 ha in 2009.
What is the lowest shrub-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Argentina?
The lowest recorded value was 59,454 1000 ha in 2001.
How does Argentina rank for shrub-covered areas — area from modis?
Argentina ranks 5th out of 240 countries with data for 2024.
Is shrub-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in Argentina?
Over the last ten years it is up 5.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Argentina 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.