Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Caribbean
Caribbean: Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 8.53 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Caribbean, 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 Caribbean stood at 8.53 1000 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.4% on the previous year and down 24.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Caribbean peaked at 31.26 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 7.75 1000 ha, in 2005.
Caribbean ranks 24th of 26 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Caribbean, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 31.26 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 24.11 1000 ha | -22.9% |
| 2003 | 19.54 1000 ha | -19.0% |
| 2004 | 15.27 1000 ha | -21.9% |
| 2005 | 7.75 1000 ha | -49.2% |
| 2006 | 9.44 1000 ha | +21.8% |
| 2007 | 9.14 1000 ha | -3.2% |
| 2008 | 9.21 1000 ha | +0.8% |
| 2009 | 12.47 1000 ha | +35.4% |
| 2010 | 13.2 1000 ha | +5.9% |
| 2011 | 11.83 1000 ha | -10.4% |
| 2012 | 11.81 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 11.01 1000 ha | -6.8% |
| 2014 | 11.36 1000 ha | +3.2% |
| 2015 | 14.25 1000 ha | +25.4% |
| 2016 | 12.58 1000 ha | -11.7% |
| 2017 | 12.34 1000 ha | -1.9% |
| 2018 | 12.38 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 10.65 1000 ha | -14.0% |
| 2020 | 9.05 1000 ha | -15.0% |
| 2021 | 10.11 1000 ha | +11.7% |
| 2022 | 11.23 1000 ha | +11.1% |
| 2023 | 8.33 1000 ha | -25.8% |
| 2024 | 8.53 1000 ha | +2.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 15.35 1000 ha | 7.75 1000 ha | 31.26 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 12.14 1000 ha | 10.65 1000 ha | 14.25 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 9.45 1000 ha | 8.33 1000 ha | 11.23 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Caribbean
More environment data for Caribbean
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -4.29 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -4.76 Percentage change (2025)
- Temperature change 1.29 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.233 °C (2025)
- Roundwood — Import quantity 152,566 m3 (2024)
- Primary wood and paper products (export/import) — Export value 152,436 1000 USD (2024)
- Roundwood — Production 6.26 million m3 (2024)
- Sawlogs and veneer logs, coniferous — Production 355,073 m3 (2024)
- Wood fuel, non-coniferous — Production 4.77 million m3 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Caribbean?
- Shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Caribbean was 8.53 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 Caribbean?
- The highest recorded value was 31.26 1000 ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest shrub-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Caribbean?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.75 1000 ha in 2005.
- How does Caribbean rank for shrub-covered areas — area from modis?
- Caribbean ranks 24th out of 26 countries with data for 2024.
- Is shrub-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in Caribbean?
- Over the last ten years it is down 24.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Caribbean 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.