Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Canada

Canada: Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 82,385 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
82,385 1000 ha
Change on year
down 1.2%
World rank
4th
of 240 countries
All-time high
94,919 1000 ha
in 2004
All-time low
82,385 1000 ha
in 2024
Years of data
24
2001–2024

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

020.0k40.0k60.0k80.0k100.0k2001201220242001: 93.5k 1000 ha2002: 94.3k 1000 ha2003: 93.8k 1000 ha2004: 94.9k 1000 ha2005: 93.5k 1000 ha2006: 92.3k 1000 ha2007: 91.2k 1000 ha2008: 89.2k 1000 ha2009: 88.7k 1000 ha2010: 89.4k 1000 ha2011: 87.6k 1000 ha2012: 87.9k 1000 ha2013: 86.5k 1000 ha2014: 86.0k 1000 ha2015: 85.0k 1000 ha2016: 87.0k 1000 ha2017: 87.3k 1000 ha2018: 90.1k 1000 ha2019: 89.8k 1000 ha2020: 89.4k 1000 ha2021: 87.5k 1000 ha2022: 84.7k 1000 ha2023: 83.4k 1000 ha2024: 82.4k 1000 ha

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

Analysis

Canada recorded 82,385 1000 ha for shrub-covered areas — area from modis in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.2% on the previous year and down 4.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Canada peaked at 94,919 1000 ha in 2004 and was at its lowest, 82,385 1000 ha, in 2024.

Canada ranks 4th of 240 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

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

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 92,379 1000 ha 88,711 1000 ha 94,919 1000 ha 9
2010s 87,637 1000 ha 85,044 1000 ha 90,069 1000 ha 10
2020s 85,469 1000 ha 82,385 1000 ha 89,389 1000 ha 5

Countries ranked near Canada

  1. 1 Australia and New Zealand 431,580 1000 ha compare
  2. 2 Australia 431,570 1000 ha compare
  3. 3 Russian Federation 331,581 1000 ha compare
  4. 5 Argentina 67,972 1000 ha compare
  5. 6 Mexico 44,624 1000 ha compare
  6. 7 Namibia 41,996 1000 ha compare

See the full ranking of 269 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Canada?
Shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Canada was 82,385 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 Canada?
The highest recorded value was 94,919 1000 ha in 2004.
What is the lowest shrub-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Canada?
The lowest recorded value was 82,385 1000 ha in 2024.
How does Canada rank for shrub-covered areas — area from modis?
Canada ranks 4th out of 240 countries with data for 2024.
Is shrub-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in Canada?
Over the last ten years it is down 4.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Canada 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.