Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in India
India: Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 7,709 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in India, 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 India is 7,709 1000 ha, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
The figure is down 11.9% on the previous year and down 16.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, shrub-covered areas — area from modis in India peaked at 14,724 1000 ha in 2002 and was at its lowest, 7,709 1000 ha, in 2024.
India ranks 16th 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 India, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 13,172 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 14,724 1000 ha | +11.8% |
| 2003 | 12,284 1000 ha | -16.6% |
| 2004 | 12,002 1000 ha | -2.3% |
| 2005 | 11,398 1000 ha | -5.0% |
| 2006 | 10,806 1000 ha | -5.2% |
| 2007 | 9,984 1000 ha | -7.6% |
| 2008 | 10,043 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2009 | 10,628 1000 ha | +5.8% |
| 2010 | 9,289 1000 ha | -12.6% |
| 2011 | 8,004 1000 ha | -13.8% |
| 2012 | 9,142 1000 ha | +14.2% |
| 2013 | 9,174 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 9,223 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 9,723 1000 ha | +5.4% |
| 2016 | 9,694 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 9,487 1000 ha | -2.1% |
| 2018 | 10,130 1000 ha | +6.8% |
| 2019 | 9,720 1000 ha | -4.0% |
| 2020 | 9,472 1000 ha | -2.6% |
| 2021 | 9,801 1000 ha | +3.5% |
| 2022 | 9,228 1000 ha | -5.8% |
| 2023 | 8,754 1000 ha | -5.1% |
| 2024 | 7,709 1000 ha | -11.9% |
India compared with similar countries
- India's 7,709 1000 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 14.44 1000 ha, 533.9× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- India's 7,709 1000 ha is above the median for South Asia, which is 0.01 1000 ha, 770898.0× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 11,671 1000 ha | 9,984 1000 ha | 14,724 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 9,359 1000 ha | 8,004 1000 ha | 10,130 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 8,993 1000 ha | 7,709 1000 ha | 9,801 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near India
- 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
- 15 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 0 1000 ha compare
- 15 Micronesia (Federated States of) 0 1000 ha
- 15 Republic of Moldova 0 1000 ha
- 15 Turkmenistan 9,188 1000 ha compare
- 15 Wallis and Futuna Islands 0 1000 ha
- 15 Micronesia 0 1000 ha compare
- 17 Afghanistan 7,189 1000 ha compare
- 18 Spain 5,027 1000 ha compare
- 19 Saudi Arabia 4,375 1000 ha compare
More environment data for India
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 11.05 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 12.52 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.254 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.954 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 17.18 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 3.92 % 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 1.12 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is shrub-covered areas — area from modis in India?
- Shrub-covered areas — area from modis in India was 7,709 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 India?
- The highest recorded value was 14,724 1000 ha in 2002.
- What is the lowest shrub-covered areas — area from modis recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,709 1000 ha in 2024.
- How does India rank for shrub-covered areas — area from modis?
- India ranks 16th out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is shrub-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this India 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.