Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Gabon
Gabon: Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 0.32 1000 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Gabon, 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 Gabon is 0.32 1000 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 23.1% on the previous year and down 56.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Gabon peaked at 8.14 1000 ha in 2003 and was at its lowest, 0.26 1000 ha, in 2023.
That places Gabon 116th out of 223 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.
Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Gabon, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 0.73 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 5.36 1000 ha | +634.2% |
| 2003 | 8.14 1000 ha | +51.9% |
| 2004 | 7.55 1000 ha | -7.2% |
| 2005 | 4.36 1000 ha | -42.3% |
| 2006 | 3.14 1000 ha | -28.0% |
| 2007 | 1.99 1000 ha | -36.6% |
| 2008 | 1.53 1000 ha | -23.1% |
| 2009 | 1.64 1000 ha | +7.2% |
| 2010 | 1.8 1000 ha | +9.8% |
| 2011 | 1.34 1000 ha | -25.6% |
| 2012 | 1.14 1000 ha | -14.9% |
| 2013 | 0.86 1000 ha | -24.6% |
| 2014 | 0.73 1000 ha | -15.1% |
| 2015 | 0.75 1000 ha | +2.7% |
| 2016 | 0.59 1000 ha | -21.3% |
| 2017 | 0.4 1000 ha | -32.2% |
| 2018 | 0.41 1000 ha | +2.5% |
| 2019 | 0.34 1000 ha | -17.1% |
| 2020 | 0.5 1000 ha | +47.1% |
| 2021 | 0.37 1000 ha | -26.0% |
| 2022 | 0.31 1000 ha | -16.2% |
| 2023 | 0.26 1000 ha | -16.1% |
| 2024 | 0.32 1000 ha | +23.1% |
Gabon compared with similar countries
- Gabon's 0.32 1000 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.445 1000 ha, 72% of the median. (52 countries reporting)
- Gabon's 0.32 1000 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 25.07 1000 ha, 1% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Gabon changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | +634.2% | 0.73 1000 ha | 5.36 1000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3.83 1000 ha | 0.73 1000 ha | 8.14 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.836 1000 ha | 0.34 1000 ha | 1.8 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.352 1000 ha | 0.26 1000 ha | 0.5 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Gabon
More environment data for Gabon
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -4.44 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -3.43 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.219 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.09 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate -26.67 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 1.06 % 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 0.6222 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Gabon?
- Shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Gabon was 0.32 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 Gabon?
- The highest recorded value was 8.14 1000 ha in 2003.
- What is the lowest shrub-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Gabon?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.26 1000 ha in 2023.
- How does Gabon rank for shrub-covered areas — area from modis?
- Gabon ranks 116th out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is shrub-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in Gabon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 56.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Gabon 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.