Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Pakistan
Pakistan: Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 13,237 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Pakistan, 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 Pakistan stood at 13,237 1000 ha. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.7% on the previous year and up 6.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Pakistan peaked at 13,237 1000 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 8,125 1000 ha, in 2001.
Pakistan ranks 12th of 223 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Pakistan, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 8,125 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 8,953 1000 ha | +10.2% |
| 2003 | 9,858 1000 ha | +10.1% |
| 2004 | 9,996 1000 ha | +1.4% |
| 2005 | 10,184 1000 ha | +1.9% |
| 2006 | 10,356 1000 ha | +1.7% |
| 2007 | 10,785 1000 ha | +4.1% |
| 2008 | 11,054 1000 ha | +2.5% |
| 2009 | 11,296 1000 ha | +2.2% |
| 2010 | 11,279 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 11,690 1000 ha | +3.6% |
| 2012 | 12,492 1000 ha | +6.9% |
| 2013 | 12,591 1000 ha | +0.8% |
| 2014 | 12,456 1000 ha | -1.1% |
| 2015 | 11,856 1000 ha | -4.8% |
| 2016 | 11,734 1000 ha | -1.0% |
| 2017 | 11,652 1000 ha | -0.7% |
| 2018 | 11,359 1000 ha | -2.5% |
| 2019 | 11,604 1000 ha | +2.2% |
| 2020 | 11,932 1000 ha | +2.8% |
| 2021 | 11,917 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 11,958 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 12,888 1000 ha | +7.8% |
| 2024 | 13,237 1000 ha | +2.7% |
Pakistan compared with similar countries
- Pakistan's 13,237 1000 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 14.44 1000 ha, 916.7× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Pakistan's 13,237 1000 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 385.18 1000 ha, 34.4× the median. (21 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 10,068 1000 ha | 8,125 1000 ha | 11,296 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 11,871 1000 ha | 11,279 1000 ha | 12,591 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 12,386 1000 ha | 11,917 1000 ha | 13,237 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Pakistan
- 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
- 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
- 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
More environment data for Pakistan
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -10.53 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -7.64 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.373 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.58 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.7034 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate 3.1 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Pakistan?
- Shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Pakistan was 13,237 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 Pakistan?
- The highest recorded value was 13,237 1000 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest shrub-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Pakistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,125 1000 ha in 2001.
- How does Pakistan rank for shrub-covered areas — area from modis?
- Pakistan ranks 12th out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is shrub-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in Pakistan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Pakistan 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.