Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Iraq

Iraq: Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 2,796 1000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat

Latest (2024)
2,796 1000 ha
Change on year
down 17.7%
World rank
30th
of 240 countries
All-time high
3,891 1000 ha
in 2001
All-time low
2,116 1000 ha
in 2019
Years of data
24
2001–2024

Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Iraq, 2001–2024

01.0k2.0k3.0k4.0k2001201220242001: 3.9k 1000 ha2002: 3.4k 1000 ha2003: 3.2k 1000 ha2004: 3.0k 1000 ha2005: 3.1k 1000 ha2006: 3.0k 1000 ha2007: 2.6k 1000 ha2008: 2.7k 1000 ha2009: 2.7k 1000 ha2010: 2.2k 1000 ha2011: 2.5k 1000 ha2012: 2.8k 1000 ha2013: 2.6k 1000 ha2014: 2.9k 1000 ha2015: 2.7k 1000 ha2016: 2.8k 1000 ha2017: 3.2k 1000 ha2018: 3.4k 1000 ha2019: 2.1k 1000 ha2020: 2.7k 1000 ha2021: 3.8k 1000 ha2022: 3.8k 1000 ha2023: 3.4k 1000 ha2024: 2.8k 1000 ha

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 Iraq is 2,796 1000 ha, measured in 2024.

That represents a change of down 17.7% on the previous year and down 3.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Iraq peaked at 3,891 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 2,116 1000 ha, in 2019.

Iraq ranks 30th of 240 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 3,069 1000 ha 2,622 1000 ha 3,891 1000 ha 9
2010s 2,711 1000 ha 2,116 1000 ha 3,390 1000 ha 10
2020s 3,291 1000 ha 2,714 1000 ha 3,780 1000 ha 5

Countries ranked near Iraq

  1. 27 Angola 3,228 1000 ha compare
  2. 28 Uzbekistan 3,049 1000 ha compare
  3. 29 Tunisia 3,024 1000 ha compare
  4. 31 Sweden 2,344 1000 ha compare
  5. 32 Brazil 1,748 1000 ha compare
  6. 33 Türkiye 1,704 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Iraq?
Shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Iraq was 2,796 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 Iraq?
The highest recorded value was 3,891 1000 ha in 2001.
What is the lowest shrub-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Iraq?
The lowest recorded value was 2,116 1000 ha in 2019.
How does Iraq rank for shrub-covered areas — area from modis?
Iraq ranks 30th out of 240 countries with data for 2024.
Is shrub-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in Iraq?
Over the last ten years it is down 3.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Iraq 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

Indicator
Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS
Unit
1000 ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
269 places, 6,390 data points, 2001–2024
Last refreshed

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.