Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Australia and New Zealand
Australia and New Zealand: Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 431,580 1000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Australia and New Zealand, 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 Australia and New Zealand is 431,580 1000 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.0% on the previous year and down 2.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Australia and New Zealand peaked at 451,301 1000 ha in 2003 and was at its lowest, 422,844 1000 ha, in 2001.
Australia and New Zealand ranks 1st of 223 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Australia and New Zealand, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 422,844 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 442,926 1000 ha | +4.7% |
| 2003 | 451,301 1000 ha | +1.9% |
| 2004 | 442,768 1000 ha | -1.9% |
| 2005 | 446,360 1000 ha | +0.8% |
| 2006 | 446,883 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 446,568 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 445,146 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 441,770 1000 ha | -0.8% |
| 2010 | 433,133 1000 ha | -2.0% |
| 2011 | 424,958 1000 ha | -1.9% |
| 2012 | 430,653 1000 ha | +1.3% |
| 2013 | 441,488 1000 ha | +2.5% |
| 2014 | 444,672 1000 ha | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 448,597 1000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 447,513 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 444,624 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2018 | 448,709 1000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 450,871 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 450,145 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 449,777 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 445,936 1000 ha | -0.9% |
| 2023 | 435,929 1000 ha | -2.2% |
| 2024 | 431,580 1000 ha | -1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 442,952 1000 ha | 422,844 1000 ha | 451,301 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 441,522 1000 ha | 424,958 1000 ha | 450,871 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 442,673 1000 ha | 431,580 1000 ha | 450,145 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Australia and New Zealand
More environment data for Australia and New Zealand
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -4.39 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -5.87 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Temperature change 1.39 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.335 °C (2025)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 4.99 million t (2024)
- Recovered paper — Production 2.98 million t (2024)
- Cropland — Area 32,246 1000 ha (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per capita 16.72 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 7.63 g/Int$ (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Australia and New Zealand?
- Shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Australia and New Zealand was 431,580 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 Australia and New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 451,301 1000 ha in 2003.
- What is the lowest shrub-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 422,844 1000 ha in 2001.
- How does Australia and New Zealand rank for shrub-covered areas — area from modis?
- Australia and New Zealand ranks 1st out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is shrub-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in Australia and New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Australia and New Zealand 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.