Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Somalia
Somalia: Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 19,530 1000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Somalia, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Somalia recorded 19,530 1000 ha for shrub-covered areas — area from modis in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.5% on the previous year and up 8.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Somalia peaked at 21,864 1000 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 17,033 1000 ha, in 2013.
That places Somalia 10th out of 223 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Somalia, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 20,967 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 18,968 1000 ha | -9.5% |
| 2003 | 18,731 1000 ha | -1.2% |
| 2004 | 17,951 1000 ha | -4.2% |
| 2005 | 18,849 1000 ha | +5.0% |
| 2006 | 18,612 1000 ha | -1.3% |
| 2007 | 20,709 1000 ha | +11.3% |
| 2008 | 20,784 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 20,385 1000 ha | -1.9% |
| 2010 | 20,551 1000 ha | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 19,181 1000 ha | -6.7% |
| 2012 | 17,976 1000 ha | -6.3% |
| 2013 | 17,033 1000 ha | -5.2% |
| 2014 | 17,953 1000 ha | +5.4% |
| 2015 | 17,619 1000 ha | -1.9% |
| 2016 | 18,553 1000 ha | +5.3% |
| 2017 | 19,558 1000 ha | +5.4% |
| 2018 | 18,797 1000 ha | -3.9% |
| 2019 | 17,873 1000 ha | -4.9% |
| 2020 | 17,713 1000 ha | -0.9% |
| 2021 | 19,564 1000 ha | +10.5% |
| 2022 | 21,864 1000 ha | +11.8% |
| 2023 | 19,623 1000 ha | -10.3% |
| 2024 | 19,530 1000 ha | -0.5% |
Somalia compared with similar countries
- Somalia's 19,530 1000 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 41.75 1000 ha, 467.7× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Somalia's 19,530 1000 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 25.07 1000 ha, 778.8× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 19,551 1000 ha | 17,951 1000 ha | 20,967 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 18,509 1000 ha | 17,033 1000 ha | 20,551 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 19,659 1000 ha | 17,713 1000 ha | 21,864 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Somalia
- 7 Mexico 44,624 1000 ha compare
- 7 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 215.11 1000 ha compare
- 8 Namibia 41,996 1000 ha compare
- 8 United Republic of Tanzania 58.8 1000 ha compare
- 9 Botswana 26,484 1000 ha compare
- 9 Viet Nam 7.68 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
- 12 Pakistan 13,237 1000 ha compare
- 13 Morocco 11,159 1000 ha compare
- 13 Polynesia 0.04 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Somalia
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -28.64 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -24.06 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.278 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.53 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.5029 % 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 -0.1376 % 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 Somalia?
- Shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Somalia was 19,530 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 Somalia?
- The highest recorded value was 21,864 1000 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest shrub-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Somalia?
- The lowest recorded value was 17,033 1000 ha in 2013.
- How does Somalia rank for shrub-covered areas — area from modis?
- Somalia ranks 10th out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is shrub-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in Somalia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Somalia 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.