Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa: Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 42,109 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Eastern Africa, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Eastern Africa recorded 42,109 1000 ha for shrub-covered areas — area from modis in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
The figure is down 4.7% on the previous year and down 14.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Eastern Africa peaked at 67,257 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 42,109 1000 ha, in 2024.
That places Eastern Africa 13th out of 26 groups 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 Eastern Africa, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 67,257 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 58,281 1000 ha | -13.3% |
| 2003 | 56,570 1000 ha | -2.9% |
| 2004 | 55,671 1000 ha | -1.6% |
| 2005 | 56,647 1000 ha | +1.8% |
| 2006 | 51,197 1000 ha | -9.6% |
| 2007 | 55,218 1000 ha | +7.9% |
| 2008 | 57,167 1000 ha | +3.5% |
| 2009 | 58,355 1000 ha | +2.1% |
| 2010 | 57,859 1000 ha | -0.9% |
| 2011 | 52,954 1000 ha | -8.5% |
| 2012 | 51,139 1000 ha | -3.4% |
| 2013 | 47,538 1000 ha | -7.0% |
| 2014 | 49,107 1000 ha | +3.3% |
| 2015 | 48,706 1000 ha | -0.8% |
| 2016 | 51,059 1000 ha | +4.8% |
| 2017 | 52,618 1000 ha | +3.1% |
| 2018 | 47,386 1000 ha | -9.9% |
| 2019 | 45,066 1000 ha | -4.9% |
| 2020 | 44,850 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2021 | 48,115 1000 ha | +7.3% |
| 2022 | 55,153 1000 ha | +14.6% |
| 2023 | 44,178 1000 ha | -19.9% |
| 2024 | 42,109 1000 ha | -4.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 57,374 1000 ha | 51,197 1000 ha | 67,257 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 50,343 1000 ha | 45,066 1000 ha | 57,859 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 46,881 1000 ha | 42,109 1000 ha | 55,153 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Africa
- 10 Somalia 19,530 1000 ha compare
- 10 Melanesia 6.39 1000 ha compare
- 11 Democratic Republic of the Congo 5.61 1000 ha compare
- 11 Ethiopia 13,957 1000 ha compare
- 12 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.93 1000 ha compare
- 12 Pakistan 13,237 1000 ha compare
- 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
More environment data for Eastern Africa
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -5.98 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -7.18 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.229 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.28 °C (2025)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Value US$, 2015 107,047 million USD (2024)
- Industrial roundwood — Export value 97,059 1000 USD (2024)
- Industrial roundwood, coniferous — Production 4.52 million m3 (2024)
- Wood charcoal — Production 17.47 million t (2024)
- Other industrial roundwood, non-coniferous (production) — Production 11.13 million m3 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Eastern Africa?
- Shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Eastern Africa was 42,109 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 Eastern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 67,257 1000 ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest shrub-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 42,109 1000 ha in 2024.
- How does Eastern Africa rank for shrub-covered areas — area from modis?
- Eastern Africa ranks 13th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is shrub-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Eastern Africa 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.