Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Morocco
Morocco: Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 11,159 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Morocco, 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 Morocco is 11,159 1000 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
The figure is up 4.6% on the previous year and up 12.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Morocco peaked at 11,159 1000 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 9,092 1000 ha, in 2003.
That places Morocco 13th out of 223 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Morocco, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 9,479 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 10,066 1000 ha | +6.2% |
| 2003 | 9,092 1000 ha | -9.7% |
| 2004 | 9,324 1000 ha | +2.6% |
| 2005 | 9,826 1000 ha | +5.4% |
| 2006 | 9,796 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2007 | 10,902 1000 ha | +11.3% |
| 2008 | 10,866 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 10,598 1000 ha | -2.5% |
| 2010 | 10,055 1000 ha | -5.1% |
| 2011 | 9,881 1000 ha | -1.7% |
| 2012 | 9,877 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2013 | 9,612 1000 ha | -2.7% |
| 2014 | 9,892 1000 ha | +2.9% |
| 2015 | 10,155 1000 ha | +2.7% |
| 2016 | 10,955 1000 ha | +7.9% |
| 2017 | 10,562 1000 ha | -3.6% |
| 2018 | 10,164 1000 ha | -3.8% |
| 2019 | 10,340 1000 ha | +1.7% |
| 2020 | 10,630 1000 ha | +2.8% |
| 2021 | 10,315 1000 ha | -3.0% |
| 2022 | 10,382 1000 ha | +0.7% |
| 2023 | 10,664 1000 ha | +2.7% |
| 2024 | 11,159 1000 ha | +4.6% |
Morocco compared with similar countries
- Morocco's 11,159 1000 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 14.44 1000 ha, 772.8× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Morocco's 11,159 1000 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 385.18 1000 ha, 29.0× the median. (21 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 9,994 1000 ha | 9,092 1000 ha | 10,902 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 10,149 1000 ha | 9,612 1000 ha | 10,955 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 10,630 1000 ha | 10,315 1000 ha | 11,159 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Morocco
- 10 Somalia 19,530 1000 ha compare
- 10 Melanesia 6.39 1000 ha compare
- 11 Democratic Republic of the Congo 5.61 1000 ha compare
- 11 Ethiopia 13,957 1000 ha compare
- 12 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.93 1000 ha compare
- 12 Pakistan 13,237 1000 ha compare
- 13 Polynesia 0.04 1000 ha compare
- 14 Algeria 9,933 1000 ha compare
- 14 Timor-Leste 0.03 1000 ha compare
- 15 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 0 1000 ha compare
- 15 Micronesia (Federated States of) 0 1000 ha
- 15 Republic of Moldova 0 1000 ha
- 15 Turkmenistan 9,188 1000 ha compare
- 15 Wallis and Futuna Islands 0 1000 ha
- 15 Micronesia 0 1000 ha compare
- 16 India 7,709 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Morocco
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -19.84 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -12.62 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.521 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.14 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.3488 % 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 -1.54 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Morocco?
- Shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Morocco was 11,159 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 Morocco?
- The highest recorded value was 11,159 1000 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest shrub-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Morocco?
- The lowest recorded value was 9,092 1000 ha in 2003.
- How does Morocco rank for shrub-covered areas — area from modis?
- Morocco ranks 13th out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is shrub-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in Morocco?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Morocco 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.