Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Cabo Verde

Cabo Verde: Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 28.82 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
28.82 1000 ha
Change on year
down 4.4%
World rank
74th
of 240 countries
All-time high
38.81 1000 ha
in 2019
All-time low
26.87 1000 ha
in 2010
Years of data
24
2001–2024

Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Cabo Verde, 2001–2024

0102030402001201220242001: 37.4 1000 ha2002: 36.6 1000 ha2003: 36.1 1000 ha2004: 38.5 1000 ha2005: 35.8 1000 ha2006: 34.1 1000 ha2007: 35.7 1000 ha2008: 34.2 1000 ha2009: 30.3 1000 ha2010: 26.9 1000 ha2011: 28.4 1000 ha2012: 29.4 1000 ha2013: 30.7 1000 ha2014: 34.2 1000 ha2015: 36.1 1000 ha2016: 37.1 1000 ha2017: 37 1000 ha2018: 36.6 1000 ha2019: 38.8 1000 ha2020: 33.5 1000 ha2021: 33.8 1000 ha2022: 29.2 1000 ha2023: 30.2 1000 ha2024: 28.8 1000 ha

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.

Analysis

In 2024, shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Cabo Verde stood at 28.82 1000 ha.

That represents a change of down 4.4% on the previous year and down 15.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Cabo Verde peaked at 38.81 1000 ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 26.87 1000 ha, in 2010.

Cabo Verde ranks 74th of 240 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 35.4 1000 ha 30.31 1000 ha 38.55 1000 ha 9
2010s 33.51 1000 ha 26.87 1000 ha 38.81 1000 ha 10
2020s 31.12 1000 ha 28.82 1000 ha 33.84 1000 ha 5

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  4. 75 Indonesia 27.49 1000 ha compare
  5. 76 Greece 20.88 1000 ha compare
  6. 77 Kuwait 15.41 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Cabo Verde?
Shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Cabo Verde was 28.82 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 Cabo Verde?
The highest recorded value was 38.81 1000 ha in 2019.
What is the lowest shrub-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Cabo Verde?
The lowest recorded value was 26.87 1000 ha in 2010.
How does Cabo Verde rank for shrub-covered areas — area from modis?
Cabo Verde ranks 74th out of 240 countries with data for 2024.
Is shrub-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in Cabo Verde?
Over the last ten years it is down 15.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Cabo Verde 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

Indicator
Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS
Unit
1000 ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
269 places, 6,390 data points, 2001–2024
Last refreshed

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.