Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Colombia
Colombia: Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 320.39 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Colombia, 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 Colombia is 320.39 1000 ha, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 9.6% on the previous year and down 38.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Colombia peaked at 713.54 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 320.39 1000 ha, in 2024.
Colombia ranks 46th of 223 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Colombia, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 713.54 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 655.7 1000 ha | -8.1% |
| 2003 | 544.89 1000 ha | -16.9% |
| 2004 | 395.88 1000 ha | -27.3% |
| 2005 | 371.96 1000 ha | -6.0% |
| 2006 | 462.35 1000 ha | +24.3% |
| 2007 | 440.51 1000 ha | -4.7% |
| 2008 | 405.08 1000 ha | -8.0% |
| 2009 | 471.67 1000 ha | +16.4% |
| 2010 | 371.7 1000 ha | -21.2% |
| 2011 | 401.87 1000 ha | +8.1% |
| 2012 | 396.33 1000 ha | -1.4% |
| 2013 | 426.48 1000 ha | +7.6% |
| 2014 | 522.63 1000 ha | +22.5% |
| 2015 | 628.43 1000 ha | +20.2% |
| 2016 | 501.18 1000 ha | -20.2% |
| 2017 | 496.03 1000 ha | -1.0% |
| 2018 | 463.69 1000 ha | -6.5% |
| 2019 | 478.52 1000 ha | +3.2% |
| 2020 | 441.75 1000 ha | -7.7% |
| 2021 | 463 1000 ha | +4.8% |
| 2022 | 365.45 1000 ha | -21.1% |
| 2023 | 354.5 1000 ha | -3.0% |
| 2024 | 320.39 1000 ha | -9.6% |
Colombia compared with similar countries
- Colombia's 320.39 1000 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.445 1000 ha, 720.0× the median. (52 countries reporting)
- Colombia's 320.39 1000 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.05 1000 ha, 6407.8× the median. (37 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 495.73 1000 ha | 371.96 1000 ha | 713.54 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 468.69 1000 ha | 371.7 1000 ha | 628.43 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 389.02 1000 ha | 320.39 1000 ha | 463 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Colombia
- 43 Tajikistan 564.17 1000 ha compare
- 44 Egypt 385.18 1000 ha compare
- 45 Djibouti 342.12 1000 ha compare
- 47 Azerbaijan 315.21 1000 ha compare
- 48 Mozambique 310.7 1000 ha compare
- 49 Nigeria 262.09 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Colombia
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 0.4233 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 0.2774 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.267 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.59 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.9788 % 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 0.2077 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Colombia?
- Shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Colombia was 320.39 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 Colombia?
- The highest recorded value was 713.54 1000 ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest shrub-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Colombia?
- The lowest recorded value was 320.39 1000 ha in 2024.
- How does Colombia rank for shrub-covered areas — area from modis?
- Colombia ranks 46th out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is shrub-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in Colombia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 38.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Colombia 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.