Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in South Africa
South Africa: Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 46,474 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in South Africa, 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 South Africa is 46,474 1000 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 2.3% on the previous year and down 0.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, shrub-covered areas — area from modis in South Africa peaked at 49,101 1000 ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 44,164 1000 ha, in 2021.
South Africa ranks 13th of 29 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 48,292 1000 ha | 47,897 1000 ha | 48,561 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 47,977 1000 ha | 46,870 1000 ha | 49,101 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 45,241 1000 ha | 44,164 1000 ha | 46,474 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near South Africa
More environment data for South Africa
- Standard Deviation 0.275 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.05 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 1.18 million t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 2.03 million t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 30,837 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import quantity 7,586 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export value 272,220 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export quantity 385,631 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import value 516,696 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import quantity 472,308 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is shrub-covered areas — area from modis in South Africa?
- Shrub-covered areas — area from modis in South Africa was 46,474 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 South Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 49,101 1000 ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest shrub-covered areas — area from modis recorded in South Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 44,164 1000 ha in 2021.
- How does South Africa rank for shrub-covered areas — area from modis?
- South Africa ranks 13th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is shrub-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in South Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this South Africa 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.