Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Middle Africa
Middle Africa: Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 3,285 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Middle Africa, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
In 2024, shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Middle Africa stood at 3,285 1000 ha. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
The figure is down 4.5% on the previous year and down 13.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Middle Africa peaked at 6,261 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 3,285 1000 ha, in 2024.
That places Middle Africa 22nd out of 29 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 5,432 1000 ha | 3,898 1000 ha | 6,261 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 3,896 1000 ha | 3,356 1000 ha | 4,340 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,756 1000 ha | 3,285 1000 ha | 4,230 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Middle Africa
More environment data for Middle Africa
- Agricultural land — Value of agricultural production (Int. $) per Area 270.89 USD_PPP/ha (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per capita 0.38 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 1.84 g/Int$ (2024)
- Country area — Area 661,321 1000 ha (2024)
- Land area — Area 649,682 1000 ha (2024)
- Agriculture — Area 160,685 1000 ha (2024)
- Agricultural land — Area 160,685 1000 ha (2024)
- Agricultural land — Share in Land area 24.73 % (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 21.98 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 35,315 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Middle Africa?
- Shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Middle Africa was 3,285 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 Middle Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 6,261 1000 ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest shrub-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Middle Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,285 1000 ha in 2024.
- How does Middle Africa rank for shrub-covered areas — area from modis?
- Middle Africa ranks 22nd out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is shrub-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in Middle Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Middle Africa 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.