Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Rwanda

Rwanda: Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 37.53 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
37.53 1000 ha
Change on year
up 12.8%
World rank
71st
of 240 countries
All-time high
50.84 1000 ha
in 2014
All-time low
3.47 1000 ha
in 2002
Years of data
24
2001–2024

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

010203040502001201220242001: 5.1 1000 ha2002: 3.5 1000 ha2003: 5.1 1000 ha2004: 9.4 1000 ha2005: 14.7 1000 ha2006: 18.7 1000 ha2007: 23.5 1000 ha2008: 33.1 1000 ha2009: 32.1 1000 ha2010: 28.5 1000 ha2011: 33.4 1000 ha2012: 40.4 1000 ha2013: 43.3 1000 ha2014: 50.8 1000 ha2015: 46.6 1000 ha2016: 41.5 1000 ha2017: 42.5 1000 ha2018: 32.9 1000 ha2019: 36.5 1000 ha2020: 32.1 1000 ha2021: 37.6 1000 ha2022: 31.1 1000 ha2023: 33.3 1000 ha2024: 37.5 1000 ha

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.

Analysis

Rwanda recorded 37.53 1000 ha for shrub-covered areas — area from modis in 2024.

The figure is up 12.8% on the previous year and down 26.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Rwanda peaked at 50.84 1000 ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 3.47 1000 ha, in 2002.

That places Rwanda 71st out of 240 countries 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.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 16.12 1000 ha 3.47 1000 ha 33.12 1000 ha 9
2010s 39.65 1000 ha 28.5 1000 ha 50.84 1000 ha 10
2020s 34.31 1000 ha 31.08 1000 ha 37.62 1000 ha 5

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Frequently asked questions

What is shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Rwanda?
Shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Rwanda was 37.53 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 Rwanda?
The highest recorded value was 50.84 1000 ha in 2014.
What is the lowest shrub-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Rwanda?
The lowest recorded value was 3.47 1000 ha in 2002.
How does Rwanda rank for shrub-covered areas — area from modis?
Rwanda ranks 71st out of 240 countries with data for 2024.
Is shrub-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in Rwanda?
Over the last ten years it is down 26.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Rwanda 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.