Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Canada
Canada: Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 82,385 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Canada, 2001–2024
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 223 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Canada, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 93,489 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 94,335 1000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2003 | 93,830 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2004 | 94,919 1000 ha | +1.2% |
| 2005 | 93,534 1000 ha | -1.5% |
| 2006 | 92,269 1000 ha | -1.4% |
| 2007 | 91,150 1000 ha | -1.2% |
| 2008 | 89,175 1000 ha | -2.2% |
| 2009 | 88,711 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2010 | 89,377 1000 ha | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 87,554 1000 ha | -2.0% |
| 2012 | 87,866 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 86,451 1000 ha | -1.6% |
| 2014 | 85,950 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2015 | 85,044 1000 ha | -1.1% |
| 2016 | 86,969 1000 ha | +2.3% |
| 2017 | 87,270 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 90,069 1000 ha | +3.2% |
| 2019 | 89,819 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 89,389 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2021 | 87,496 1000 ha | -2.1% |
| 2022 | 84,694 1000 ha | -3.2% |
| 2023 | 83,380 1000 ha | -1.6% |
| 2024 | 82,385 1000 ha | -1.2% |
Canada compared with similar countries
- Canada's 82,385 1000 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.01 1000 ha, 8238520.0× the median. (73 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | 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 Australia and New Zealand 431,580 1000 ha compare
- 2 Australia 431,570 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 Syrian Arab Republic 3,461 1000 ha compare
- 5 Argentina 67,972 1000 ha compare
- 6 South Africa 46,474 1000 ha compare
- 6 Türkiye 1,704 1000 ha compare
- 7 Mexico 44,624 1000 ha compare
- 7 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 215.11 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Canada
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -2.52 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -6.76 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.642 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.96 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 2.9 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 1.7 % 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 -0.3398 % change on previous year (2024)
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 223 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
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.