Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Brazil
Brazil: Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 1,748 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Brazil, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
In 2024, shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Brazil stood at 1,748 1000 ha. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
That represents a change of down 11.2% on the previous year and down 65.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Brazil peaked at 6,552 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 1,748 1000 ha, in 2024.
That places Brazil 30th out of 223 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Brazil, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 6,552 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 6,438 1000 ha | -1.7% |
| 2003 | 6,037 1000 ha | -6.2% |
| 2004 | 5,854 1000 ha | -3.0% |
| 2005 | 6,019 1000 ha | +2.8% |
| 2006 | 5,991 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2007 | 6,300 1000 ha | +5.2% |
| 2008 | 6,289 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2009 | 5,781 1000 ha | -8.1% |
| 2010 | 5,955 1000 ha | +3.0% |
| 2011 | 5,336 1000 ha | -10.4% |
| 2012 | 5,562 1000 ha | +4.2% |
| 2013 | 5,244 1000 ha | -5.7% |
| 2014 | 5,048 1000 ha | -3.7% |
| 2015 | 5,239 1000 ha | +3.8% |
| 2016 | 5,321 1000 ha | +1.6% |
| 2017 | 5,168 1000 ha | -2.9% |
| 2018 | 4,227 1000 ha | -18.2% |
| 2019 | 3,842 1000 ha | -9.1% |
| 2020 | 3,144 1000 ha | -18.2% |
| 2021 | 3,084 1000 ha | -1.9% |
| 2022 | 2,088 1000 ha | -32.3% |
| 2023 | 1,969 1000 ha | -5.7% |
| 2024 | 1,748 1000 ha | -11.2% |
Brazil compared with similar countries
- Brazil's 1,748 1000 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.445 1000 ha, 3927.6× the median. (52 countries reporting)
- Brazil's 1,748 1000 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.05 1000 ha, 34955.4× the median. (37 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 6,140 1000 ha | 5,781 1000 ha | 6,552 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 5,094 1000 ha | 3,842 1000 ha | 5,955 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,406 1000 ha | 1,748 1000 ha | 3,144 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Brazil
More environment data for Brazil
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -6.93 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -8.24 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.221 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.36 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 14.48 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.155 % 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 -2.73 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Brazil?
- Shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Brazil was 1,748 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 Brazil?
- The highest recorded value was 6,552 1000 ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest shrub-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Brazil?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,748 1000 ha in 2024.
- How does Brazil rank for shrub-covered areas — area from modis?
- Brazil ranks 30th out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is shrub-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in Brazil?
- Over the last ten years it is down 65.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Brazil 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.