Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Mongolia
Mongolia: Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 74.94 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Mongolia, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Mongolia recorded 74.94 1000 ha for shrub-covered areas — area from modis in 2024.
The figure is up 1.1% on the previous year and down 15.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Mongolia peaked at 194.86 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 72.4 1000 ha, in 2020.
That places Mongolia 57th out of 223 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Mongolia, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 194.86 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 93.13 1000 ha | -52.2% |
| 2003 | 88.79 1000 ha | -4.7% |
| 2004 | 80.43 1000 ha | -9.4% |
| 2005 | 92.87 1000 ha | +15.5% |
| 2006 | 100.15 1000 ha | +7.8% |
| 2007 | 97.15 1000 ha | -3.0% |
| 2008 | 99.46 1000 ha | +2.4% |
| 2009 | 94.4 1000 ha | -5.1% |
| 2010 | 108.29 1000 ha | +14.7% |
| 2011 | 98.49 1000 ha | -9.0% |
| 2012 | 94.35 1000 ha | -4.2% |
| 2013 | 94.44 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 88.15 1000 ha | -6.7% |
| 2015 | 85.84 1000 ha | -2.6% |
| 2016 | 95 1000 ha | +10.7% |
| 2017 | 92.63 1000 ha | -2.5% |
| 2018 | 80.73 1000 ha | -12.8% |
| 2019 | 76.9 1000 ha | -4.7% |
| 2020 | 72.4 1000 ha | -5.9% |
| 2021 | 81.1 1000 ha | +12.0% |
| 2022 | 74.64 1000 ha | -8.0% |
| 2023 | 74.1 1000 ha | -0.7% |
| 2024 | 74.94 1000 ha | +1.1% |
Mongolia compared with similar countries
- Mongolia's 74.94 1000 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.445 1000 ha, 168.4× the median. (52 countries reporting)
- Mongolia's 74.94 1000 ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.37 1000 ha, 202.5× the median. (27 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Mongolia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | -52.2% | 194.86 1000 ha | 93.13 1000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 104.58 1000 ha | 80.43 1000 ha | 194.86 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 91.48 1000 ha | 76.9 1000 ha | 108.29 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 75.44 1000 ha | 72.4 1000 ha | 81.1 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mongolia
More environment data for Mongolia
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -5.5 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -6.27 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.602 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.37 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 11.35 % 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 1.42 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Mongolia?
- Shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Mongolia was 74.94 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 Mongolia?
- The highest recorded value was 194.86 1000 ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest shrub-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Mongolia?
- The lowest recorded value was 72.4 1000 ha in 2020.
- How does Mongolia rank for shrub-covered areas — area from modis?
- Mongolia ranks 57th out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is shrub-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in Mongolia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Mongolia 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.