Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Comoros
Comoros: Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 0.34 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Comoros, 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 Comoros is 0.34 1000 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 30.6% on the previous year and unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Comoros peaked at 1.13 1000 ha in 2004 and was at its lowest, 0.19 1000 ha, in 2009.
That places Comoros 114th out of 223 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Comoros, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 0.83 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 0.98 1000 ha | +18.1% |
| 2003 | 0.98 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 1.13 1000 ha | +15.3% |
| 2005 | 0.62 1000 ha | -45.1% |
| 2006 | 0.26 1000 ha | -58.1% |
| 2007 | 0.21 1000 ha | -19.2% |
| 2008 | 0.26 1000 ha | +23.8% |
| 2009 | 0.19 1000 ha | -26.9% |
| 2010 | 0.19 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.28 1000 ha | +47.4% |
| 2012 | 0.36 1000 ha | +28.6% |
| 2013 | 0.36 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.34 1000 ha | -5.6% |
| 2015 | 0.53 1000 ha | +55.9% |
| 2016 | 0.71 1000 ha | +34.0% |
| 2017 | 0.66 1000 ha | -7.0% |
| 2018 | 0.64 1000 ha | -3.0% |
| 2019 | 0.62 1000 ha | -3.1% |
| 2020 | 0.6 1000 ha | -3.2% |
| 2021 | 0.64 1000 ha | +6.7% |
| 2022 | 0.58 1000 ha | -9.4% |
| 2023 | 0.49 1000 ha | -15.5% |
| 2024 | 0.34 1000 ha | -30.6% |
Comoros compared with similar countries
- Comoros's 0.34 1000 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 14.44 1000 ha, 2% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Comoros's 0.34 1000 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 25.07 1000 ha, 1% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.6067 1000 ha | 0.19 1000 ha | 1.13 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.469 1000 ha | 0.19 1000 ha | 0.71 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.53 1000 ha | 0.34 1000 ha | 0.64 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Comoros
- 111 Serbia and Montenegro 0.41 1000 ha compare
- 111 Sri Lanka 0.41 1000 ha compare
- 113 Philippines 0.37 1000 ha compare
- 114 Switzerland 0.34 1000 ha compare
- 116 Gabon 0.32 1000 ha compare
- 117 Guatemala 0.3 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Comoros
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -9.29 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -6.9 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.264 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.59 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 1.33 % 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 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Comoros?
- Shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Comoros was 0.34 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 Comoros?
- The highest recorded value was 1.13 1000 ha in 2004.
- What is the lowest shrub-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Comoros?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.19 1000 ha in 2009.
- How does Comoros rank for shrub-covered areas — area from modis?
- Comoros ranks 114th out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is shrub-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in Comoros?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Comoros 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.