Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in New Zealand
New Zealand: Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 10.13 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in New Zealand, 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 New Zealand is 10.13 1000 ha, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 10.4% on the previous year and down 62.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, shrub-covered areas — area from modis in New Zealand peaked at 65.75 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 10.13 1000 ha, in 2024.
New Zealand ranks 82nd of 240 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 41.25 1000 ha | 34.45 1000 ha | 65.75 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 27.47 1000 ha | 21.03 1000 ha | 34.66 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 15.94 1000 ha | 10.13 1000 ha | 23.4 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near New Zealand
More environment data for New Zealand
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 100 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 799 1000 ha (2024)
- Inland waters — Area 440 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 34.55 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 93.85 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 9,097 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 0.76 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 74 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 5.39 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 522 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is shrub-covered areas — area from modis in New Zealand?
- Shrub-covered areas — area from modis in New Zealand was 10.13 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 New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 65.75 1000 ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest shrub-covered areas — area from modis recorded in New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.13 1000 ha in 2024.
- How does New Zealand rank for shrub-covered areas — area from modis?
- New Zealand ranks 82nd out of 240 countries with data for 2024.
- Is shrub-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is down 62.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this New Zealand 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.