What is shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Central Asia?

Shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Central Asia was 13,483 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 Asia?

The highest recorded value was 14,692 1000 ha in 2018.

What is the lowest shrub-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Central Asia?

The lowest recorded value was 8,879 1000 ha in 2003.

How does Central Asia rank for shrub-covered areas — area from modis?

Central Asia ranks 18th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.

Is shrub-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in Central Asia?

Over the last ten years it is up 3.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this Central Asia 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.

Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Central Asia

Name: Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Central Asia
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)

Central Asia: Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 13,483 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)

13,483 1000 ha

Change on year

up 1.0%

Rank

18th

of 29 groups

All-time high

14,692 1000 ha

in 2018

All-time low

8,879 1000 ha

in 2003

Years of data

2001–2024

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

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

Analysis

The most recent figure for shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Central Asia is 13,483 1000 ha, measured in 2024.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.0% on the previous year and up 3.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Central Asia peaked at 14,692 1000 ha in 2018 and was at its lowest, 8,879 1000 ha, in 2003.

Central Asia ranks 18th of 29 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.

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

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
2000s	9,826 1000 ha	8,879 1000 ha	12,889 1000 ha	9
2010s	12,449 1000 ha	10,098 1000 ha	14,692 1000 ha	10
2020s	13,112 1000 ha	12,395 1000 ha	13,483 1000 ha	5

Countries ranked near Central Asia

15 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 9,604 1000 ha compare
16 Turkmenistan 9,188 1000 ha compare
17 India 7,709 1000 ha compare
18 Afghanistan 7,189 1000 ha compare
19 Spain 5,027 1000 ha compare
20 Saudi Arabia 4,375 1000 ha compare
21 Yemen 4,370 1000 ha compare

See the full ranking of 269 places →

More environment data for Central Asia

Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per capita 2.07 kg/cap (2024)
Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per capita 1.26 kg/cap (2024)
Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per value of agricultural 1.77 g/Int$ (2024)
Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity 18,549 t (2024)
Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Agricultural Use 170,406 t (2024)
Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per area of cropland 4.35 kg/ha (2024)
Value Added Deflator (Agriculture, forestry and fishery) — Value US$ 84.75 USD (2024)
Agriculture — Area 293,868 1000 ha (2024)
Country area — Area 400,636 1000 ha (2024)
Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per area of cropland 2.64 kg/ha (2024)

All data for Central Asia →

Frequently asked questions

What is shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Central Asia?: Shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Central Asia was 13,483 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 Asia?: The highest recorded value was 14,692 1000 ha in 2018.
What is the lowest shrub-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Central Asia?: The lowest recorded value was 8,879 1000 ha in 2003.
How does Central Asia rank for shrub-covered areas — area from modis?: Central Asia ranks 18th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
Is shrub-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in Central Asia?: Over the last ten years it is up 3.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Central Asia 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: 12 August 2026

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.