Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Asia
Asia: Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 81,973 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Asia, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Asia is 81,973 1000 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.1% on the previous year and up 5.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Asia peaked at 85,823 1000 ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 68,917 1000 ha, in 2010.
That places Asia 11th out of 29 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 73,368 1000 ha | 69,983 1000 ha | 81,198 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 76,084 1000 ha | 68,917 1000 ha | 81,944 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 83,622 1000 ha | 81,973 1000 ha | 85,823 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Asia
More environment data for Asia
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 251,913 1000 ha (2024)
- Pesticides (total) — Import value 8.97 million 1000 USD (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 947,202 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 62.13 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 30.44 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 100,624 1000 ha (2024)
- Country area — Area 3.20 million 1000 ha (2024)
- Inland waters — Area 86,424 1000 ha (2024)
- Land area — Area 3.11 million 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Agricultural land 37.86 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Asia?
- Shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Asia was 81,973 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 Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 85,823 1000 ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest shrub-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 68,917 1000 ha in 2010.
- How does Asia rank for shrub-covered areas — area from modis?
- Asia ranks 11th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is shrub-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Asia 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.