Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Iceland
Iceland: Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 13.77 1000 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Iceland, 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 Iceland is 13.77 1000 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 13.0% on the previous year and up 5.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Iceland peaked at 53.03 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 1.06 1000 ha, in 2007.
That places Iceland 80th 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
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 9.1 1000 ha | 1.06 1000 ha | 53.03 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 14.01 1000 ha | 10.74 1000 ha | 18.52 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 14.78 1000 ha | 12.19 1000 ha | 17.35 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Iceland
More environment data for Iceland
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 0.04 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 0.05 1000 ha (2024)
- Inland waters — Area 217 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 15.05 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 92.61 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 1,517 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 7.39 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 121 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Area per capita 0.31 ha/cap (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Land area 1.2 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Iceland?
- Shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Iceland was 13.77 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 Iceland?
- The highest recorded value was 53.03 1000 ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest shrub-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Iceland?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.06 1000 ha in 2007.
- How does Iceland rank for shrub-covered areas — area from modis?
- Iceland ranks 80th out of 240 countries with data for 2024.
- Is shrub-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in Iceland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Iceland 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.