Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Central America

Central America: Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 44,631 1000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat

Latest (2024)
44,631 1000 ha
Change on year
up 0.6%
Rank
14th
of 29 groups
All-time high
46,199 1000 ha
in 2001
All-time low
36,793 1000 ha
in 2008
Years of data
24
2001–2024

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

010.0k20.0k30.0k40.0k50.0k2001201220242001: 46.2k 1000 ha2002: 44.6k 1000 ha2003: 42.8k 1000 ha2004: 42.3k 1000 ha2005: 44.0k 1000 ha2006: 41.5k 1000 ha2007: 39.8k 1000 ha2008: 36.8k 1000 ha2009: 38.8k 1000 ha2010: 39.0k 1000 ha2011: 43.7k 1000 ha2012: 45.5k 1000 ha2013: 42.8k 1000 ha2014: 41.0k 1000 ha2015: 40.9k 1000 ha2016: 40.8k 1000 ha2017: 42.2k 1000 ha2018: 42.8k 1000 ha2019: 43.8k 1000 ha2020: 43.7k 1000 ha2021: 42.6k 1000 ha2022: 40.7k 1000 ha2023: 44.4k 1000 ha2024: 44.6k 1000 ha

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

Analysis

Central America recorded 44,631 1000 ha for shrub-covered areas — area from modis in 2024.

The figure is up 0.6% on the previous year and up 8.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Central America peaked at 46,199 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 36,793 1000 ha, in 2008.

That places Central America 14th out of 29 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 41,858 1000 ha 36,793 1000 ha 46,199 1000 ha 9
2010s 42,251 1000 ha 39,007 1000 ha 45,530 1000 ha 10
2020s 43,213 1000 ha 40,715 1000 ha 44,631 1000 ha 5

Countries ranked near Central America

  1. 11 Ethiopia 13,957 1000 ha compare
  2. 12 Pakistan 13,237 1000 ha compare
  3. 13 Morocco 11,159 1000 ha compare
  4. 14 Algeria 9,933 1000 ha compare
  5. 15 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 9,604 1000 ha compare
  6. 16 Turkmenistan 9,188 1000 ha compare
  7. 17 India 7,709 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 Central America?
Shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Central America was 44,631 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 Central America?
The highest recorded value was 46,199 1000 ha in 2001.
What is the lowest shrub-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Central America?
The lowest recorded value was 36,793 1000 ha in 2008.
How does Central America rank for shrub-covered areas — area from modis?
Central America ranks 14th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
Is shrub-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in Central America?
Over the last ten years it is up 8.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Central America 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.