Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Botswana
Botswana: Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 26,484 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Botswana, 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 Botswana is 26,484 1000 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 1.8% on the previous year and up 26.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Botswana peaked at 27,411 1000 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 20,256 1000 ha, in 2004.
That places Botswana 8th out of 240 countries 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 22,817 1000 ha | 20,256 1000 ha | 25,100 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 24,009 1000 ha | 20,900 1000 ha | 26,590 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 26,355 1000 ha | 25,755 1000 ha | 27,411 1000 ha | 5 |
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More environment data for Botswana
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 1.43 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 3.75 1000 ha (2024)
- Inland waters — Area 1,500 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 45.17 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 98.99 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 25,600 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 0.01 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 2 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 1.01 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 260 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Botswana?
- Shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Botswana was 26,484 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 Botswana?
- The highest recorded value was 27,411 1000 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest shrub-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Botswana?
- The lowest recorded value was 20,256 1000 ha in 2004.
- How does Botswana rank for shrub-covered areas — area from modis?
- Botswana ranks 8th out of 240 countries with data for 2024.
- Is shrub-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in Botswana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 26.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Botswana 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.