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
Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Northern Europe, 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 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 18th of 26 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.
Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Northern Europe, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 5,466 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 7,034 1000 ha | +28.7% |
| 2003 | 7,216 1000 ha | +2.6% |
| 2004 | 6,989 1000 ha | -3.1% |
| 2005 | 6,970 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2006 | 7,024 1000 ha | +0.8% |
| 2007 | 6,888 1000 ha | -1.9% |
| 2008 | 6,951 1000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 7,291 1000 ha | +4.9% |
| 2010 | 7,342 1000 ha | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 7,188 1000 ha | -2.1% |
| 2012 | 7,419 1000 ha | +3.2% |
| 2013 | 7,529 1000 ha | +1.5% |
| 2014 | 7,613 1000 ha | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 7,338 1000 ha | -3.6% |
| 2016 | 7,412 1000 ha | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 7,227 1000 ha | -2.5% |
| 2018 | 7,442 1000 ha | +3.0% |
| 2019 | 7,507 1000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 7,552 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 7,503 1000 ha | -0.7% |
| 2022 | 7,172 1000 ha | -4.4% |
| 2023 | 7,493 1000 ha | +4.5% |
| 2024 | 7,593 1000 ha | +1.3% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Northern Europe changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | +28.7% | 5,466 1000 ha | 7,034 1000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | 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
- 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
- 18 Spain 5,027 1000 ha compare
- 19 Saudi Arabia 4,375 1000 ha compare
- 20 Yemen 4,370 1000 ha compare
- 21 Norway 4,204 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Northern Europe
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -1.04 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 1.53 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.685 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.48 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value -0.9433 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production, annual growth rate 0.7673 % change on previous year (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Value US$, annual 7.2 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roundwood — Import value, annual growth rate 11.48 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roundwood — Import quantity, annual growth rate 13.76 % change on previous year (2024)
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 18th out of 26 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
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.