Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 4,375 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Saudi Arabia, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Saudi Arabia recorded 4,375 1000 ha for shrub-covered areas — area from modis in 2024. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
That represents a change of up 6.5% on the previous year and up 52.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Saudi Arabia peaked at 4,375 1000 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 2,848 1000 ha, in 2013.
That places Saudi Arabia 19th out of 223 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 Saudi Arabia, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 2,993 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 3,172 1000 ha | +6.0% |
| 2003 | 3,160 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2004 | 3,314 1000 ha | +4.9% |
| 2005 | 3,299 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2006 | 3,211 1000 ha | -2.7% |
| 2007 | 3,132 1000 ha | -2.5% |
| 2008 | 3,012 1000 ha | -3.8% |
| 2009 | 2,958 1000 ha | -1.8% |
| 2010 | 2,941 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2011 | 2,981 1000 ha | +1.3% |
| 2012 | 2,909 1000 ha | -2.4% |
| 2013 | 2,848 1000 ha | -2.1% |
| 2014 | 2,868 1000 ha | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 2,916 1000 ha | +1.7% |
| 2016 | 3,029 1000 ha | +3.9% |
| 2017 | 3,107 1000 ha | +2.6% |
| 2018 | 3,304 1000 ha | +6.3% |
| 2019 | 3,705 1000 ha | +12.1% |
| 2020 | 3,813 1000 ha | +2.9% |
| 2021 | 3,820 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 3,719 1000 ha | -2.6% |
| 2023 | 4,109 1000 ha | +10.5% |
| 2024 | 4,375 1000 ha | +6.5% |
Saudi Arabia compared with similar countries
- Saudi Arabia's 4,375 1000 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.01 1000 ha, 437482.0× the median. (73 countries reporting)
- Saudi Arabia's 4,375 1000 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 385.18 1000 ha, 11.4× the median. (21 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3,139 1000 ha | 2,958 1000 ha | 3,314 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 3,061 1000 ha | 2,848 1000 ha | 3,705 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,967 1000 ha | 3,719 1000 ha | 4,375 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Saudi Arabia
More environment data for Saudi Arabia
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -52.52 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -27.86 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.424 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.58 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 2.53 % 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 9.62 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Saudi Arabia?
- Shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Saudi Arabia was 4,375 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 Saudi Arabia?
- The highest recorded value was 4,375 1000 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest shrub-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,848 1000 ha in 2013.
- How does Saudi Arabia rank for shrub-covered areas — area from modis?
- Saudi Arabia ranks 19th out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is shrub-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 52.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Saudi Arabia 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.