Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Eswatini

Eswatini: Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 35.19 1000 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2024)
35.19 1000 ha
Change on year
up 20.6%
World rank
72nd
of 240 countries
All-time high
303.27 1000 ha
in 2003
All-time low
28.18 1000 ha
in 2022
Years of data
24
2001–2024

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

01002003002001201220242001: 184.7 1000 ha2002: 257.7 1000 ha2003: 303.3 1000 ha2004: 248 1000 ha2005: 247.1 1000 ha2006: 185.3 1000 ha2007: 161.7 1000 ha2008: 152.6 1000 ha2009: 130.5 1000 ha2010: 127 1000 ha2011: 110.2 1000 ha2012: 104.8 1000 ha2013: 103.2 1000 ha2014: 109.9 1000 ha2015: 184.7 1000 ha2016: 233.9 1000 ha2017: 185.2 1000 ha2018: 123.7 1000 ha2019: 96.9 1000 ha2020: 92 1000 ha2021: 62.2 1000 ha2022: 28.2 1000 ha2023: 29.2 1000 ha2024: 35.2 1000 ha

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

Analysis

Eswatini recorded 35.19 1000 ha for shrub-covered areas — area from modis in 2024.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 20.6% on the previous year and down 68.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Eswatini peaked at 303.27 1000 ha in 2003 and was at its lowest, 28.18 1000 ha, in 2022.

That places Eswatini 72nd out of 240 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.

The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 207.88 1000 ha 130.54 1000 ha 303.27 1000 ha 9
2010s 137.94 1000 ha 96.86 1000 ha 233.88 1000 ha 10
2020s 49.35 1000 ha 28.18 1000 ha 91.95 1000 ha 5

Countries ranked near Eswatini

  1. 69 Chad 45.98 1000 ha compare
  2. 70 Japan 42.34 1000 ha compare
  3. 71 Rwanda 37.53 1000 ha compare
  4. 73 Thailand 29.38 1000 ha compare
  5. 74 Cabo Verde 28.82 1000 ha compare
  6. 75 Indonesia 27.49 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Eswatini?
Shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Eswatini was 35.19 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 Eswatini?
The highest recorded value was 303.27 1000 ha in 2003.
What is the lowest shrub-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Eswatini?
The lowest recorded value was 28.18 1000 ha in 2022.
How does Eswatini rank for shrub-covered areas — area from modis?
Eswatini ranks 72nd out of 240 countries with data for 2024.
Is shrub-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in Eswatini?
Over the last ten years it is down 68.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Eswatini 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.