Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Namibia
Namibia: Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 41,996 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Namibia, 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 Namibia stood at 41,996 1000 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.6% on the previous year and down 1.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Namibia peaked at 44,467 1000 ha in 2018 and was at its lowest, 38,780 1000 ha, in 2002.
Namibia ranks 8th of 223 countries on this measure, 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 Namibia, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 39,001 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 38,780 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2003 | 40,179 1000 ha | +3.6% |
| 2004 | 40,386 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 42,410 1000 ha | +5.0% |
| 2006 | 41,930 1000 ha | -1.1% |
| 2007 | 44,200 1000 ha | +5.4% |
| 2008 | 43,157 1000 ha | -2.4% |
| 2009 | 42,332 1000 ha | -1.9% |
| 2010 | 42,443 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 41,729 1000 ha | -1.7% |
| 2012 | 42,796 1000 ha | +2.6% |
| 2013 | 42,625 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2014 | 42,647 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 43,763 1000 ha | +2.6% |
| 2016 | 43,746 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2017 | 43,491 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2018 | 44,467 1000 ha | +2.2% |
| 2019 | 44,370 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 43,719 1000 ha | -1.5% |
| 2021 | 42,467 1000 ha | -2.9% |
| 2022 | 41,962 1000 ha | -1.2% |
| 2023 | 41,736 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2024 | 41,996 1000 ha | +0.6% |
Namibia compared with similar countries
- Namibia's 41,996 1000 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 14.44 1000 ha, 2908.3× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Namibia's 41,996 1000 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 25.07 1000 ha, 1674.8× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 41,375 1000 ha | 38,780 1000 ha | 44,200 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 43,208 1000 ha | 41,729 1000 ha | 44,467 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 42,376 1000 ha | 41,736 1000 ha | 43,719 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Namibia
- 5 Argentina 67,972 1000 ha compare
- 6 South Africa 46,474 1000 ha compare
- 6 Türkiye 1,704 1000 ha compare
- 7 Mexico 44,624 1000 ha compare
- 7 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 215.11 1000 ha compare
- 8 United Republic of Tanzania 58.8 1000 ha compare
- 9 Botswana 26,484 1000 ha compare
- 9 Viet Nam 7.68 1000 ha compare
- 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
More environment data for Namibia
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -2.99 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -1.14 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.319 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.979 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 2.32 % 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 4.07 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Namibia?
- Shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Namibia was 41,996 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 Namibia?
- The highest recorded value was 44,467 1000 ha in 2018.
- What is the lowest shrub-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Namibia?
- The lowest recorded value was 38,780 1000 ha in 2002.
- How does Namibia rank for shrub-covered areas — area from modis?
- Namibia ranks 8th out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is shrub-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in Namibia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Namibia 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.