Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Ecuador

Ecuador: Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 70.98 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
70.98 1000 ha
Change on year
down 11.8%
World rank
62nd
of 240 countries
All-time high
161.17 1000 ha
in 2007
All-time low
65.7 1000 ha
in 2003
Years of data
24
2001–2024

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

0501001502001201220242001: 91.1 1000 ha2002: 66.6 1000 ha2003: 65.7 1000 ha2004: 89.1 1000 ha2005: 126 1000 ha2006: 141.3 1000 ha2007: 161.2 1000 ha2008: 141.8 1000 ha2009: 137.5 1000 ha2010: 129.8 1000 ha2011: 130.9 1000 ha2012: 122.5 1000 ha2013: 119.3 1000 ha2014: 117.1 1000 ha2015: 102.1 1000 ha2016: 101.6 1000 ha2017: 94.8 1000 ha2018: 91 1000 ha2019: 89.5 1000 ha2020: 102 1000 ha2021: 100.1 1000 ha2022: 92.3 1000 ha2023: 80.5 1000 ha2024: 71 1000 ha

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

Analysis

Ecuador recorded 70.98 1000 ha for shrub-covered areas — area from modis in 2024.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 11.8% on the previous year and down 39.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Ecuador peaked at 161.17 1000 ha in 2007 and was at its lowest, 65.7 1000 ha, in 2003.

Ecuador ranks 62nd of 240 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

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

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 113.37 1000 ha 65.7 1000 ha 161.17 1000 ha 9
2010s 109.85 1000 ha 89.46 1000 ha 130.89 1000 ha 10
2020s 89.17 1000 ha 70.98 1000 ha 102.02 1000 ha 5

Countries ranked near Ecuador

  1. 59 United Arab Emirates 90.78 1000 ha compare
  2. 60 Mali 89.97 1000 ha compare
  3. 61 Mongolia 74.94 1000 ha compare
  4. 63 Israel 67.73 1000 ha compare
  5. 64 Western Sahara 61.18 1000 ha compare
  6. 65 United Republic of Tanzania 58.8 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Ecuador?
Shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Ecuador was 70.98 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 Ecuador?
The highest recorded value was 161.17 1000 ha in 2007.
What is the lowest shrub-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Ecuador?
The lowest recorded value was 65.7 1000 ha in 2003.
How does Ecuador rank for shrub-covered areas — area from modis?
Ecuador ranks 62nd out of 240 countries with data for 2024.
Is shrub-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in Ecuador?
Over the last ten years it is down 39.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Ecuador 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.