Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 115,045 1000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Southern 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 Southern Africa is 115,045 1000 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 1.6% on the previous year and up 3.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Southern Africa peaked at 119,239 1000 ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 109,334 1000 ha, in 2004.
Southern Africa ranks 8th of 26 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Southern Africa, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 110,174 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 109,539 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2003 | 110,366 1000 ha | +0.8% |
| 2004 | 109,334 1000 ha | -0.9% |
| 2005 | 114,131 1000 ha | +4.4% |
| 2006 | 113,671 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2007 | 117,531 1000 ha | +3.4% |
| 2008 | 116,001 1000 ha | -1.3% |
| 2009 | 114,873 1000 ha | -1.0% |
| 2010 | 115,335 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 113,873 1000 ha | -1.3% |
| 2012 | 113,612 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 113,412 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 110,729 1000 ha | -2.4% |
| 2015 | 116,077 1000 ha | +4.8% |
| 2016 | 117,791 1000 ha | +1.5% |
| 2017 | 116,323 1000 ha | -1.2% |
| 2018 | 119,203 1000 ha | +2.5% |
| 2019 | 119,239 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 117,288 1000 ha | -1.6% |
| 2021 | 112,963 1000 ha | -3.7% |
| 2022 | 112,158 1000 ha | -0.7% |
| 2023 | 113,258 1000 ha | +1.0% |
| 2024 | 115,045 1000 ha | +1.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 112,847 1000 ha | 109,334 1000 ha | 117,531 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 115,559 1000 ha | 110,729 1000 ha | 119,239 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 114,142 1000 ha | 112,158 1000 ha | 117,288 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Southern Africa
- 5 Argentina 67,972 1000 ha compare
- 6 South Africa 46,474 1000 ha compare
- 6 Türkiye 1,704 1000 ha compare
- 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 Somalia 19,530 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
More environment data for Southern Africa
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 4.17 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 7.61 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.282 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.892 °C (2025)
- Wood fuel, coniferous — Production 770,000 m3 (2024)
- Roundwood, non-coniferous — Production 27.42 million m3 (2024)
- Wood fuel, non-coniferous — Production 17.80 million m3 (2024)
- Industrial roundwood — Production 17.26 million m3 (2024)
- Industrial roundwood — Import quantity 161,260 m3 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Southern Africa?
- Shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Southern Africa was 115,045 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 Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 119,239 1000 ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest shrub-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 109,334 1000 ha in 2004.
- How does Southern Africa rank for shrub-covered areas — area from modis?
- Southern Africa ranks 8th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is shrub-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Southern 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.