Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Northern America
Northern America: Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 177,631 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Northern America, 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 Northern America is 177,631 1000 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.6% on the previous year and down 2.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Northern America peaked at 190,927 1000 ha in 2004 and was at its lowest, 175,687 1000 ha, in 2022.
Northern America ranks 7th of 26 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Northern America, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 188,629 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 190,163 1000 ha | +0.8% |
| 2003 | 188,693 1000 ha | -0.8% |
| 2004 | 190,927 1000 ha | +1.2% |
| 2005 | 190,481 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2006 | 187,296 1000 ha | -1.7% |
| 2007 | 184,003 1000 ha | -1.8% |
| 2008 | 181,665 1000 ha | -1.3% |
| 2009 | 182,392 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 183,039 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 184,104 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 185,505 1000 ha | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 183,952 1000 ha | -0.8% |
| 2014 | 181,607 1000 ha | -1.3% |
| 2015 | 179,022 1000 ha | -1.4% |
| 2016 | 179,894 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 180,076 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 183,700 1000 ha | +2.0% |
| 2019 | 183,350 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 182,531 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2021 | 179,309 1000 ha | -1.8% |
| 2022 | 175,687 1000 ha | -2.0% |
| 2023 | 176,553 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 177,631 1000 ha | +0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 187,139 1000 ha | 181,665 1000 ha | 190,927 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 182,425 1000 ha | 179,022 1000 ha | 185,505 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 178,342 1000 ha | 175,687 1000 ha | 182,531 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Northern America
- 4 Canada 82,385 1000 ha compare
- 4 Syrian Arab Republic 3,461 1000 ha compare
- 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 Namibia 41,996 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
More environment data for Northern America
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -2.23 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -3.25 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.466 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.49 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 43.74 million t (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Production 70.81 million t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Production 60.43 million t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 92.54 million t (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per capita 13.25 kg/cap (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Northern America?
- Shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Northern America was 177,631 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 America?
- The highest recorded value was 190,927 1000 ha in 2004.
- What is the lowest shrub-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Northern America?
- The lowest recorded value was 175,687 1000 ha in 2022.
- How does Northern America rank for shrub-covered areas — area from modis?
- Northern America ranks 7th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is shrub-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in Northern America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Northern America 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.