Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Egypt
Egypt: Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 385.18 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Egypt, 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 Egypt is 385.18 1000 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 8.0% on the previous year and up 14.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Egypt peaked at 452.7 1000 ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 258.37 1000 ha, in 2001.
Egypt ranks 44th of 223 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Egypt, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 258.37 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 285.91 1000 ha | +10.7% |
| 2003 | 328.64 1000 ha | +14.9% |
| 2004 | 365.98 1000 ha | +11.4% |
| 2005 | 378.72 1000 ha | +3.5% |
| 2006 | 375.76 1000 ha | -0.8% |
| 2007 | 364.25 1000 ha | -3.1% |
| 2008 | 344.83 1000 ha | -5.3% |
| 2009 | 330.56 1000 ha | -4.1% |
| 2010 | 337.56 1000 ha | +2.1% |
| 2011 | 330.35 1000 ha | -2.1% |
| 2012 | 330.47 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 322.17 1000 ha | -2.5% |
| 2014 | 335.66 1000 ha | +4.2% |
| 2015 | 370.91 1000 ha | +10.5% |
| 2016 | 392.27 1000 ha | +5.8% |
| 2017 | 417.3 1000 ha | +6.4% |
| 2018 | 407.72 1000 ha | -2.3% |
| 2019 | 411.83 1000 ha | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 426 1000 ha | +3.4% |
| 2021 | 452.7 1000 ha | +6.3% |
| 2022 | 452.06 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 418.87 1000 ha | -7.3% |
| 2024 | 385.18 1000 ha | -8.0% |
Egypt compared with similar countries
- Egypt's 385.18 1000 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 14.44 1000 ha, 26.7× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Egypt's 385.18 1000 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 385.18 1000 ha, 1.0× the median. (21 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 337 1000 ha | 258.37 1000 ha | 378.72 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 365.62 1000 ha | 322.17 1000 ha | 417.3 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 426.96 1000 ha | 385.18 1000 ha | 452.7 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
- 41 Kazakhstan 679.95 1000 ha compare
- 42 Jordan 648.58 1000 ha compare
- 43 Tajikistan 564.17 1000 ha compare
- 45 Djibouti 342.12 1000 ha compare
- 46 Colombia 320.39 1000 ha compare
- 47 Azerbaijan 315.21 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Egypt
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -20.54 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -13.21 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.361 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.4 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 4.56 % 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 -3.07 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Egypt?
- Shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Egypt was 385.18 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 Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 452.7 1000 ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest shrub-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 258.37 1000 ha in 2001.
- How does Egypt rank for shrub-covered areas — area from modis?
- Egypt ranks 44th out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is shrub-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Egypt 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.