Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Eastern Europe

Eastern Europe: Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 331,583 1000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat

Latest (2024)
331,583 1000 ha
Change on year
up 0.2%
Rank
4th
of 26 groups
All-time high
346,217 1000 ha
in 2005
All-time low
325,712 1000 ha
in 2017
Years of data
24
2001–2024

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

0100.0k200.0k300.0k2001201220242001: 335.8k 1000 ha2002: 344.8k 1000 ha2003: 345.1k 1000 ha2004: 346.1k 1000 ha2005: 346.2k 1000 ha2006: 343.5k 1000 ha2007: 341.3k 1000 ha2008: 340.8k 1000 ha2009: 342.4k 1000 ha2010: 343.3k 1000 ha2011: 343.3k 1000 ha2012: 341.7k 1000 ha2013: 340.7k 1000 ha2014: 335.5k 1000 ha2015: 330.7k 1000 ha2016: 330.8k 1000 ha2017: 325.7k 1000 ha2018: 328.4k 1000 ha2019: 334.3k 1000 ha2020: 334.4k 1000 ha2021: 333.8k 1000 ha2022: 330.8k 1000 ha2023: 330.8k 1000 ha2024: 331.6k 1000 ha

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.

Analysis

Eastern Europe recorded 331,583 1000 ha for shrub-covered areas — area from modis in 2024.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and down 1.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Eastern Europe peaked at 346,217 1000 ha in 2005 and was at its lowest, 325,712 1000 ha, in 2017.

Eastern Europe ranks 4th of 26 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.

Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Eastern Europe, year by year

Annual values for Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Eastern Europe, 2001 to 2024.
Year 1000 ha Change
2001 335,760 1000 ha —
2002 344,756 1000 ha +2.7%
2003 345,075 1000 ha +0.1%
2004 346,077 1000 ha +0.3%
2005 346,217 1000 ha +0.0%
2006 343,471 1000 ha -0.8%
2007 341,268 1000 ha -0.6%
2008 340,811 1000 ha -0.1%
2009 342,367 1000 ha +0.5%
2010 343,342 1000 ha +0.3%
2011 343,287 1000 ha -0.0%
2012 341,685 1000 ha -0.5%
2013 340,678 1000 ha -0.3%
2014 335,541 1000 ha -1.5%
2015 330,686 1000 ha -1.4%
2016 330,767 1000 ha +0.0%
2017 325,712 1000 ha -1.5%
2018 328,410 1000 ha +0.8%
2019 334,281 1000 ha +1.8%
2020 334,380 1000 ha +0.0%
2021 333,849 1000 ha -0.2%
2022 330,794 1000 ha -0.9%
2023 330,763 1000 ha -0.0%
2024 331,583 1000 ha +0.2%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 342,867 1000 ha 335,760 1000 ha 346,217 1000 ha 9
2010s 335,439 1000 ha 325,712 1000 ha 343,342 1000 ha 10
2020s 332,274 1000 ha 330,763 1000 ha 334,380 1000 ha 5

Countries ranked near Eastern Europe

  1. 1 Australia and New Zealand 431,580 1000 ha compare
  2. 2 Australia 431,570 1000 ha compare
  3. 2 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 20,697 1000 ha compare
  4. 3 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 9,604 1000 ha compare
  5. 3 Russian Federation 331,581 1000 ha compare
  6. 4 Canada 82,385 1000 ha compare
  7. 4 Syrian Arab Republic 3,461 1000 ha compare
  8. 5 Argentina 67,972 1000 ha compare
  9. 6 South Africa 46,474 1000 ha compare
  10. 6 Türkiye 1,704 1000 ha compare
  11. 7 Mexico 44,624 1000 ha compare
  12. 7 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 215.11 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 Europe?
Shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Eastern Europe was 331,583 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 Europe?
The highest recorded value was 346,217 1000 ha in 2005.
What is the lowest shrub-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Eastern Europe?
The lowest recorded value was 325,712 1000 ha in 2017.
How does Eastern Europe rank for shrub-covered areas — area from modis?
Eastern Europe ranks 4th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
Is shrub-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in Eastern Europe?
Over the last ten years it is down 1.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Eastern Europe 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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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.