Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Eastern Asia

Eastern Asia: Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 1,192 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
1,192 1000 ha
Change on year
up 6.0%
Rank
24th
of 29 groups
All-time high
5,711 1000 ha
in 2001
All-time low
1,073 1000 ha
in 2022
Years of data
24
2001–2024

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

1.0k2.0k3.0k4.0k5.0k6.0k2001201220242001: 5.7k 1000 ha2002: 2.3k 1000 ha2003: 2.1k 1000 ha2004: 2.4k 1000 ha2005: 2.1k 1000 ha2006: 1.9k 1000 ha2007: 1.7k 1000 ha2008: 1.4k 1000 ha2009: 1.4k 1000 ha2010: 1.6k 1000 ha2011: 1.6k 1000 ha2012: 1.6k 1000 ha2013: 1.7k 1000 ha2014: 1.7k 1000 ha2015: 1.6k 1000 ha2016: 1.6k 1000 ha2017: 1.6k 1000 ha2018: 1.6k 1000 ha2019: 1.5k 1000 ha2020: 1.5k 1000 ha2021: 1.4k 1000 ha2022: 1.1k 1000 ha2023: 1.1k 1000 ha2024: 1.2k 1000 ha

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 Eastern Asia is 1,192 1000 ha, measured in 2024.

That represents a change of up 6.0% on the previous year and down 29.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Eastern Asia peaked at 5,711 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 1,073 1000 ha, in 2022.

Eastern Asia ranks 24th of 29 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

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

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 2,343 1000 ha 1,413 1000 ha 5,711 1000 ha 9
2010s 1,613 1000 ha 1,543 1000 ha 1,715 1000 ha 10
2020s 1,243 1000 ha 1,073 1000 ha 1,470 1000 ha 5

Countries ranked near Eastern Asia

  1. 21 Yemen 4,370 1000 ha compare
  2. 22 Norway 4,204 1000 ha compare
  3. 23 Kenya 3,985 1000 ha compare
  4. 24 Chile 3,817 1000 ha compare
  5. 25 Peru 3,546 1000 ha compare
  6. 26 Syrian Arab Republic 3,461 1000 ha compare
  7. 27 Angola 3,228 1000 ha compare

See the full ranking of 269 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Eastern Asia?
Shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Eastern Asia was 1,192 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 Asia?
The highest recorded value was 5,711 1000 ha in 2001.
What is the lowest shrub-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Eastern Asia?
The lowest recorded value was 1,073 1000 ha in 2022.
How does Eastern Asia rank for shrub-covered areas — area from modis?
Eastern Asia ranks 24th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
Is shrub-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in Eastern Asia?
Over the last ten years it is down 29.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Eastern 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

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.