Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Greece
Greece: Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 20.88 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Greece, 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 Greece is 20.88 1000 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 22.0% on the previous year and up 1.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Greece peaked at 83.18 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 17.12 1000 ha, in 2023.
That places Greece 70th out of 223 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Greece, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 83.18 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 48.17 1000 ha | -42.1% |
| 2003 | 37.2 1000 ha | -22.8% |
| 2004 | 36.77 1000 ha | -1.2% |
| 2005 | 39.65 1000 ha | +7.8% |
| 2006 | 38.34 1000 ha | -3.3% |
| 2007 | 38.64 1000 ha | +0.8% |
| 2008 | 38.49 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2009 | 31.96 1000 ha | -17.0% |
| 2010 | 28.11 1000 ha | -12.0% |
| 2011 | 25.08 1000 ha | -10.8% |
| 2012 | 25.58 1000 ha | +2.0% |
| 2013 | 23.37 1000 ha | -8.6% |
| 2014 | 20.49 1000 ha | -12.3% |
| 2015 | 19.17 1000 ha | -6.4% |
| 2016 | 20.93 1000 ha | +9.2% |
| 2017 | 22.36 1000 ha | +6.8% |
| 2018 | 23.15 1000 ha | +3.5% |
| 2019 | 21.88 1000 ha | -5.5% |
| 2020 | 20.49 1000 ha | -6.4% |
| 2021 | 18.79 1000 ha | -8.3% |
| 2022 | 19.26 1000 ha | +2.5% |
| 2023 | 17.12 1000 ha | -11.1% |
| 2024 | 20.88 1000 ha | +22.0% |
Greece compared with similar countries
- Greece's 20.88 1000 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.01 1000 ha, 2088.0× the median. (73 countries reporting)
- Greece's 20.88 1000 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.06 1000 ha, 348.0× the median. (51 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 43.6 1000 ha | 31.96 1000 ha | 83.18 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 23.01 1000 ha | 19.17 1000 ha | 28.11 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 19.31 1000 ha | 17.12 1000 ha | 20.88 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Greece
More environment data for Greece
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 3.36 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 0.43 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.95 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 1.28 % 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 -1.16 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Greece?
- Shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Greece was 20.88 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 Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 83.18 1000 ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest shrub-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 17.12 1000 ha in 2023.
- How does Greece rank for shrub-covered areas — area from modis?
- Greece ranks 70th out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is shrub-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Greece 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.