Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Eritrea
Eritrea: Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 1,178 1000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Eritrea, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
In 2024, shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Eritrea stood at 1,178 1000 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.4% on the previous year and down 11.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Eritrea peaked at 1,356 1000 ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 1,055 1000 ha, in 2007.
Eritrea ranks 34th of 223 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Eritrea, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 1,200 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 1,224 1000 ha | +2.0% |
| 2003 | 1,213 1000 ha | -0.8% |
| 2004 | 1,315 1000 ha | +8.4% |
| 2005 | 1,223 1000 ha | -7.0% |
| 2006 | 1,131 1000 ha | -7.5% |
| 2007 | 1,055 1000 ha | -6.8% |
| 2008 | 1,150 1000 ha | +9.0% |
| 2009 | 1,224 1000 ha | +6.5% |
| 2010 | 1,181 1000 ha | -3.5% |
| 2011 | 1,280 1000 ha | +8.4% |
| 2012 | 1,312 1000 ha | +2.5% |
| 2013 | 1,324 1000 ha | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 1,328 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 1,356 1000 ha | +2.1% |
| 2016 | 1,352 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 1,298 1000 ha | -4.0% |
| 2018 | 1,245 1000 ha | -4.1% |
| 2019 | 1,260 1000 ha | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 1,272 1000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 1,248 1000 ha | -1.9% |
| 2022 | 1,138 1000 ha | -8.8% |
| 2023 | 1,207 1000 ha | +6.1% |
| 2024 | 1,178 1000 ha | -2.4% |
Eritrea compared with similar countries
- Eritrea's 1,178 1000 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 41.75 1000 ha, 28.2× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Eritrea's 1,178 1000 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 25.07 1000 ha, 47.0× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1,193 1000 ha | 1,055 1000 ha | 1,315 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 1,294 1000 ha | 1,181 1000 ha | 1,356 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,209 1000 ha | 1,138 1000 ha | 1,272 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eritrea
- 31 Zimbabwe 1,416 1000 ha compare
- 32 Sudan (former) 1,314 1000 ha compare
- 33 Madagascar 1,206 1000 ha compare
- 35 Niger 1,169 1000 ha compare
- 36 Libya 1,081 1000 ha compare
- 37 China 1,074 1000 ha compare
- 37 China, mainland 1,074 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Eritrea
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -12.24 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -10.14 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 57.1 % change on previous year (2023)
- Standard Deviation 0.531 °C (2023)
- Temperature change 0.012 °C (2023)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.6471 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2011)
- 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 0.3665 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2011)
Frequently asked questions
- What is shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Eritrea?
- Shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Eritrea was 1,178 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 Eritrea?
- The highest recorded value was 1,356 1000 ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest shrub-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Eritrea?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,055 1000 ha in 2007.
- How does Eritrea rank for shrub-covered areas — area from modis?
- Eritrea ranks 34th out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is shrub-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in Eritrea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Eritrea 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.