Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Libya

Libya: Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 1,081 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
1,081 1000 ha
Change on year
down 1.1%
World rank
39th
of 240 countries
All-time high
1,235 1000 ha
in 2021
All-time low
831.22 1000 ha
in 2002
Years of data
24
2001–2024

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

02505007501.0k1.2k2001201220242001: 980.9 1000 ha2002: 831.2 1000 ha2003: 878.6 1000 ha2004: 958.6 1000 ha2005: 993.2 1000 ha2006: 1.1k 1000 ha2007: 1.1k 1000 ha2008: 1.1k 1000 ha2009: 1.1k 1000 ha2010: 1.1k 1000 ha2011: 1.2k 1000 ha2012: 1.1k 1000 ha2013: 1.1k 1000 ha2014: 1.0k 1000 ha2015: 1.0k 1000 ha2016: 1.0k 1000 ha2017: 1.0k 1000 ha2018: 1.0k 1000 ha2019: 1.1k 1000 ha2020: 1.2k 1000 ha2021: 1.2k 1000 ha2022: 1.1k 1000 ha2023: 1.1k 1000 ha2024: 1.1k 1000 ha

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.

Analysis

In 2024, shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Libya stood at 1,081 1000 ha.

The figure is down 1.1% on the previous year and up 4.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Libya peaked at 1,235 1000 ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 831.22 1000 ha, in 2002.

That places Libya 39th out of 240 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 998.65 1000 ha 831.22 1000 ha 1,136 1000 ha 9
2010s 1,078 1000 ha 1,007 1000 ha 1,161 1000 ha 10
2020s 1,149 1000 ha 1,081 1000 ha 1,235 1000 ha 5

Countries ranked near Libya

  1. 36 Madagascar 1,206 1000 ha compare
  2. 37 Eritrea 1,178 1000 ha compare
  3. 38 Niger 1,169 1000 ha compare
  4. 40 China 1,074 1000 ha compare
  5. 40 China, mainland 1,074 1000 ha compare
  6. 42 Finland 1,031 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Libya?
Shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Libya was 1,081 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 Libya?
The highest recorded value was 1,235 1000 ha in 2021.
What is the lowest shrub-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Libya?
The lowest recorded value was 831.22 1000 ha in 2002.
How does Libya rank for shrub-covered areas — area from modis?
Libya ranks 39th out of 240 countries with data for 2024.
Is shrub-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in Libya?
Over the last ten years it is up 4.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Libya 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.