Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Malawi
Malawi: Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 6.6 1000 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Malawi, 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 Malawi is 6.6 1000 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 22.4% on the previous year and down 11.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Malawi peaked at 54.86 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 5.85 1000 ha, in 2022.
Malawi ranks 88th of 240 countries on this measure, 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 | 25.16 1000 ha | 13.65 1000 ha | 54.86 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 9.6 1000 ha | 6.68 1000 ha | 12.61 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 8.46 1000 ha | 5.85 1000 ha | 11.69 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Malawi
More environment data for Malawi
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 3.67 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 157.29 1000 ha (2024)
- Inland waters — Area 2,420 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 19.62 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 30.17 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 1,850 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 4.6 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 282.19 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 65.23 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 4,000 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Malawi?
- Shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Malawi was 6.6 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 Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 54.86 1000 ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest shrub-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.85 1000 ha in 2022.
- How does Malawi rank for shrub-covered areas — area from modis?
- Malawi ranks 88th out of 240 countries with data for 2024.
- Is shrub-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Malawi 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.