Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in South America

South America: Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 87,294 1000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat

Latest (2024)
87,294 1000 ha
Change on year
down 0.4%
Rank
10th
of 29 groups
All-time high
93,255 1000 ha
in 2009
All-time low
85,042 1000 ha
in 2001
Years of data
24
2001–2024

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

020.0k40.0k60.0k80.0k100.0k2001201220242001: 85.0k 1000 ha2002: 87.1k 1000 ha2003: 90.0k 1000 ha2004: 90.3k 1000 ha2005: 90.4k 1000 ha2006: 91.2k 1000 ha2007: 92.4k 1000 ha2008: 92.5k 1000 ha2009: 93.3k 1000 ha2010: 92.4k 1000 ha2011: 91.5k 1000 ha2012: 90.0k 1000 ha2013: 88.2k 1000 ha2014: 88.0k 1000 ha2015: 87.0k 1000 ha2016: 86.9k 1000 ha2017: 87.9k 1000 ha2018: 87.5k 1000 ha2019: 87.4k 1000 ha2020: 86.1k 1000 ha2021: 86.9k 1000 ha2022: 86.8k 1000 ha2023: 87.7k 1000 ha2024: 87.3k 1000 ha

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 America is 87,294 1000 ha, measured in 2024.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.4% on the previous year and down 0.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, shrub-covered areas — area from modis in South America peaked at 93,255 1000 ha in 2009 and was at its lowest, 85,042 1000 ha, in 2001.

South America ranks 10th of 29 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 90,258 1000 ha 85,042 1000 ha 93,255 1000 ha 9
2010s 88,681 1000 ha 86,901 1000 ha 92,356 1000 ha 10
2020s 86,964 1000 ha 86,100 1000 ha 87,672 1000 ha 5

Countries ranked near South America

  1. 7 Namibia 41,996 1000 ha compare
  2. 8 Botswana 26,484 1000 ha compare
  3. 9 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 20,697 1000 ha compare
  4. 10 Somalia 19,530 1000 ha compare
  5. 11 Ethiopia 13,957 1000 ha compare
  6. 12 Pakistan 13,237 1000 ha compare
  7. 13 Morocco 11,159 1000 ha compare

See the full ranking of 269 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is shrub-covered areas — area from modis in South America?
Shrub-covered areas — area from modis in South America was 87,294 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 America?
The highest recorded value was 93,255 1000 ha in 2009.
What is the lowest shrub-covered areas — area from modis recorded in South America?
The lowest recorded value was 85,042 1000 ha in 2001.
How does South America rank for shrub-covered areas — area from modis?
South America ranks 10th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
Is shrub-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in South America?
Over the last ten years it is down 0.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this South America 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.