Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Central Asia
Central Asia: Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 13,483 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
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 16th of 26 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.
Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Central Asia, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 12,889 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 9,633 1000 ha | -25.3% |
| 2003 | 8,879 1000 ha | -7.8% |
| 2004 | 9,728 1000 ha | +9.6% |
| 2005 | 9,138 1000 ha | -6.1% |
| 2006 | 9,189 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 9,174 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 9,591 1000 ha | +4.5% |
| 2009 | 10,208 1000 ha | +6.4% |
| 2010 | 10,098 1000 ha | -1.1% |
| 2011 | 10,898 1000 ha | +7.9% |
| 2012 | 11,676 1000 ha | +7.1% |
| 2013 | 12,111 1000 ha | +3.7% |
| 2014 | 13,053 1000 ha | +7.8% |
| 2015 | 12,792 1000 ha | -2.0% |
| 2016 | 12,644 1000 ha | -1.2% |
| 2017 | 13,355 1000 ha | +5.6% |
| 2018 | 14,692 1000 ha | +10.0% |
| 2019 | 13,166 1000 ha | -10.4% |
| 2020 | 12,395 1000 ha | -5.9% |
| 2021 | 13,272 1000 ha | +7.1% |
| 2022 | 13,060 1000 ha | -1.6% |
| 2023 | 13,351 1000 ha | +2.2% |
| 2024 | 13,483 1000 ha | +1.0% |
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
- 13 Morocco 11,159 1000 ha compare
- 13 Polynesia 0.04 1000 ha compare
- 14 Algeria 9,933 1000 ha compare
- 14 Timor-Leste 0.03 1000 ha compare
- 15 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 0 1000 ha compare
- 15 Micronesia (Federated States of) 0 1000 ha
- 15 Republic of Moldova 0 1000 ha
- 15 Turkmenistan 9,188 1000 ha compare
- 15 Wallis and Futuna Islands 0 1000 ha
- 15 Micronesia 0 1000 ha compare
- 16 India 7,709 1000 ha compare
- 17 Afghanistan 7,189 1000 ha compare
- 18 Spain 5,027 1000 ha compare
- 19 Saudi Arabia 4,375 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Central Asia
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -3.43 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -7.53 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.724 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 3.05 °C (2025)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 89,684 t (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Production 339,499 t (2024)
- Recovered paper — Production 60,266 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Production 338,315 t (2024)
- Agricultural land — Share in Land area 74.52 % (2024)
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 16th out of 26 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
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.