Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Ethiopia
Ethiopia: Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 13,957 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Ethiopia, 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 Ethiopia is 13,957 1000 ha, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 7.5% on the previous year and down 24.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Ethiopia peaked at 24,742 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 13,957 1000 ha, in 2024.
Ethiopia ranks 11th of 223 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Ethiopia, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 24,742 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 22,831 1000 ha | -7.7% |
| 2003 | 22,524 1000 ha | -1.3% |
| 2004 | 22,473 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2005 | 21,198 1000 ha | -5.7% |
| 2006 | 18,744 1000 ha | -11.6% |
| 2007 | 20,722 1000 ha | +10.6% |
| 2008 | 21,963 1000 ha | +6.0% |
| 2009 | 22,881 1000 ha | +4.2% |
| 2010 | 21,750 1000 ha | -4.9% |
| 2011 | 20,354 1000 ha | -6.4% |
| 2012 | 19,925 1000 ha | -2.1% |
| 2013 | 17,970 1000 ha | -9.8% |
| 2014 | 18,446 1000 ha | +2.6% |
| 2015 | 17,790 1000 ha | -3.6% |
| 2016 | 18,591 1000 ha | +4.5% |
| 2017 | 18,864 1000 ha | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 16,803 1000 ha | -10.9% |
| 2019 | 15,721 1000 ha | -6.4% |
| 2020 | 15,431 1000 ha | -1.8% |
| 2021 | 16,482 1000 ha | +6.8% |
| 2022 | 19,576 1000 ha | +18.8% |
| 2023 | 15,089 1000 ha | -22.9% |
| 2024 | 13,957 1000 ha | -7.5% |
Ethiopia compared with similar countries
- Ethiopia's 13,957 1000 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 41.75 1000 ha, 334.3× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Ethiopia's 13,957 1000 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 25.07 1000 ha, 556.6× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 22,009 1000 ha | 18,744 1000 ha | 24,742 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 18,621 1000 ha | 15,721 1000 ha | 21,750 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 16,107 1000 ha | 13,957 1000 ha | 19,576 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ethiopia
- 8 Namibia 41,996 1000 ha compare
- 8 United Republic of Tanzania 58.8 1000 ha compare
- 9 Botswana 26,484 1000 ha compare
- 9 Viet Nam 7.68 1000 ha compare
- 10 Somalia 19,530 1000 ha compare
- 10 Melanesia 6.39 1000 ha compare
- 11 Democratic Republic of the Congo 5.61 1000 ha compare
- 12 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.93 1000 ha compare
- 12 Pakistan 13,237 1000 ha compare
- 13 Morocco 11,159 1000 ha compare
- 13 Polynesia 0.04 1000 ha compare
- 14 Algeria 9,933 1000 ha compare
- 14 Timor-Leste 0.03 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Ethiopia
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.272 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.39 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 77.13 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 2.26 % 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 2.83 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Ethiopia?
- Shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Ethiopia was 13,957 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 Ethiopia?
- The highest recorded value was 24,742 1000 ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest shrub-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Ethiopia?
- The lowest recorded value was 13,957 1000 ha in 2024.
- How does Ethiopia rank for shrub-covered areas — area from modis?
- Ethiopia ranks 11th out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is shrub-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in Ethiopia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 24.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Ethiopia 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.