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 1st out of 20 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Asia, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 81,198 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 75,500 1000 ha | -7.0% |
| 2003 | 72,557 1000 ha | -3.9% |
| 2004 | 74,217 1000 ha | +2.3% |
| 2005 | 73,483 1000 ha | -1.0% |
| 2006 | 71,929 1000 ha | -2.1% |
| 2007 | 69,983 1000 ha | -2.7% |
| 2008 | 70,364 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 71,083 1000 ha | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 68,917 1000 ha | -3.0% |
| 2011 | 70,026 1000 ha | +1.6% |
| 2012 | 74,142 1000 ha | +5.9% |
| 2013 | 74,875 1000 ha | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 77,876 1000 ha | +4.0% |
| 2015 | 76,878 1000 ha | -1.3% |
| 2016 | 77,602 1000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 79,438 1000 ha | +2.4% |
| 2018 | 81,944 1000 ha | +3.2% |
| 2019 | 79,148 1000 ha | -3.4% |
| 2020 | 82,383 1000 ha | +4.1% |
| 2021 | 85,823 1000 ha | +4.2% |
| 2022 | 84,206 1000 ha | -1.9% |
| 2023 | 83,723 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2024 | 81,973 1000 ha | -2.1% |
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
- 1 Australia and New Zealand 431,580 1000 ha compare
- 2 Australia 431,570 1000 ha compare
- 2 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 20,697 1000 ha compare
- 3 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 9,604 1000 ha compare
- 3 Russian Federation 331,581 1000 ha compare
- 4 Canada 82,385 1000 ha compare
- 4 Syrian Arab Republic 3,461 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Asia
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -2.4 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 0.4646 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Temperature change 1.83 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.229 °C (2025)
- Sawlogs and veneer logs, coniferous — Production 44.07 million m3 (2024)
- Industrial roundwood, coniferous — Production 80.29 million m3 (2024)
- Industrial roundwood, non-coniferous — Production 400.22 million m3 (2024)
- Wood charcoal — Production 10.14 million t (2024)
- Other industrial roundwood, non-coniferous (production) — Production 66.09 million m3 (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 1st out of 20 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.