Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Australia
Australia: Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 431,570 1000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Australia, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Australia recorded 431,570 1000 ha for shrub-covered areas — area from modis in 2024.
That represents a change of 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 peaked at 451,263 1000 ha in 2003 and was at its lowest, 422,779 1000 ha, in 2001.
That places Australia 2nd out of 223 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Australia, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 422,779 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 442,881 1000 ha | +4.8% |
| 2003 | 451,263 1000 ha | +1.9% |
| 2004 | 442,732 1000 ha | -1.9% |
| 2005 | 446,321 1000 ha | +0.8% |
| 2006 | 446,845 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 446,529 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 445,110 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 441,736 1000 ha | -0.8% |
| 2010 | 433,099 1000 ha | -2.0% |
| 2011 | 424,928 1000 ha | -1.9% |
| 2012 | 430,624 1000 ha | +1.3% |
| 2013 | 441,462 1000 ha | +2.5% |
| 2014 | 444,645 1000 ha | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 448,569 1000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 447,483 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 444,598 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2018 | 448,688 1000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 450,850 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 450,122 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 449,757 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 445,921 1000 ha | -0.9% |
| 2023 | 435,917 1000 ha | -2.2% |
| 2024 | 431,570 1000 ha | -1.0% |
Australia compared with similar countries
- Australia's 431,570 1000 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.01 1000 ha, 43157000.0× the median. (73 countries reporting)
- Australia's 431,570 1000 ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.37 1000 ha, 1166405.4× the median. (27 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 442,911 1000 ha | 422,779 1000 ha | 451,263 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 441,495 1000 ha | 424,928 1000 ha | 450,850 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 442,657 1000 ha | 431,570 1000 ha | 450,122 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Australia
- 1 Australia and New Zealand 431,580 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
- 5 Argentina 67,972 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Australia
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -4.75 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -5.98 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.345 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.4 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate -1.03 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.6708 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate 0.0861 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Australia?
- Shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Australia was 431,570 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?
- The highest recorded value was 451,263 1000 ha in 2003.
- What is the lowest shrub-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 422,779 1000 ha in 2001.
- How does Australia rank for shrub-covered areas — area from modis?
- Australia ranks 2nd out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is shrub-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Australia 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.