Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Northern Europe

Northern Europe: Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 7,593 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
7,593 1000 ha
Change on year
up 1.3%
Rank
20th
of 29 groups
All-time high
7,613 1000 ha
in 2014
All-time low
5,466 1000 ha
in 2001
Years of data
24
2001–2024

Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Northern Europe, 2001–2024

02.0k4.0k6.0k8.0k2001201220242001: 5.5k 1000 ha2002: 7.0k 1000 ha2003: 7.2k 1000 ha2004: 7.0k 1000 ha2005: 7.0k 1000 ha2006: 7.0k 1000 ha2007: 6.9k 1000 ha2008: 7.0k 1000 ha2009: 7.3k 1000 ha2010: 7.3k 1000 ha2011: 7.2k 1000 ha2012: 7.4k 1000 ha2013: 7.5k 1000 ha2014: 7.6k 1000 ha2015: 7.3k 1000 ha2016: 7.4k 1000 ha2017: 7.2k 1000 ha2018: 7.4k 1000 ha2019: 7.5k 1000 ha2020: 7.6k 1000 ha2021: 7.5k 1000 ha2022: 7.2k 1000 ha2023: 7.5k 1000 ha2024: 7.6k 1000 ha

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 Europe is 7,593 1000 ha, measured in 2024.

That represents a change of up 1.3% on the previous year and down 0.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Northern Europe peaked at 7,613 1000 ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 5,466 1000 ha, in 2001.

Northern Europe ranks 20th of 29 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 6,870 1000 ha 5,466 1000 ha 7,291 1000 ha 9
2010s 7,402 1000 ha 7,188 1000 ha 7,613 1000 ha 10
2020s 7,463 1000 ha 7,172 1000 ha 7,593 1000 ha 5

Countries ranked near Northern Europe

  1. 17 India 7,709 1000 ha compare
  2. 18 Afghanistan 7,189 1000 ha compare
  3. 19 Spain 5,027 1000 ha compare
  4. 20 Saudi Arabia 4,375 1000 ha compare
  5. 21 Yemen 4,370 1000 ha compare
  6. 22 Norway 4,204 1000 ha compare
  7. 23 Kenya 3,985 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Northern Europe?
Shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Northern Europe was 7,593 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 Europe?
The highest recorded value was 7,613 1000 ha in 2014.
What is the lowest shrub-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Northern Europe?
The lowest recorded value was 5,466 1000 ha in 2001.
How does Northern Europe rank for shrub-covered areas — area from modis?
Northern Europe ranks 20th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
Is shrub-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in Northern Europe?
Over the last ten years it is down 0.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Northern Europe 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

Indicator
Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS
Unit
1000 ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
269 places, 6,390 data points, 2001–2024
Last refreshed

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.