Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Northern Africa
Northern Africa: Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 26,352 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Northern 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 Northern Africa stood at 26,352 1000 ha. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 6.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Northern Africa peaked at 26,352 1000 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 21,362 1000 ha, in 2001.
That places Northern Africa 14th out of 26 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Northern Africa, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 21,362 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 22,719 1000 ha | +6.4% |
| 2003 | 21,596 1000 ha | -4.9% |
| 2004 | 22,217 1000 ha | +2.9% |
| 2005 | 23,751 1000 ha | +6.9% |
| 2006 | 24,124 1000 ha | +1.6% |
| 2007 | 25,284 1000 ha | +4.8% |
| 2008 | 25,258 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 24,519 1000 ha | -2.9% |
| 2010 | 24,738 1000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 25,428 1000 ha | +2.8% |
| 2012 | 25,518 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 25,101 1000 ha | -1.6% |
| 2014 | 24,779 1000 ha | -1.3% |
| 2015 | 25,176 1000 ha | +1.6% |
| 2016 | 26,056 1000 ha | +3.5% |
| 2017 | 26,126 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 25,507 1000 ha | -2.4% |
| 2019 | 25,562 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 26,040 1000 ha | +1.9% |
| 2021 | 25,818 1000 ha | -0.8% |
| 2022 | 25,540 1000 ha | -1.1% |
| 2023 | 26,248 1000 ha | +2.8% |
| 2024 | 26,352 1000 ha | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 23,425 1000 ha | 21,362 1000 ha | 25,284 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 25,399 1000 ha | 24,738 1000 ha | 26,126 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 25,999 1000 ha | 25,540 1000 ha | 26,352 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Northern Africa
- 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 Morocco 11,159 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
- 17 Afghanistan 7,189 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Northern Africa
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -20 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -13.93 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.281 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.61 °C (2025)
- Other paper and paperboard — Production 888,500 t (2024)
- Recovered paper — Production 701,000 t (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Production 1.10 million t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 864,000 t (2024)
- Agricultural land — Share in Land area 27.72 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Northern Africa?
- Shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Northern Africa was 26,352 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 Northern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 26,352 1000 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest shrub-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Northern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 21,362 1000 ha in 2001.
- How does Northern Africa rank for shrub-covered areas — area from modis?
- Northern Africa ranks 14th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is shrub-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in Northern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Northern 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.