Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Southern Asia
Southern Asia: Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 48,833 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Southern Asia, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Southern Asia recorded 48,833 1000 ha for shrub-covered areas — area from modis in 2024.
That represents a change of down 2.0% on the previous year and up 1.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Southern Asia peaked at 51,846 1000 ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 42,848 1000 ha, in 2010.
That places Southern Asia 11th out of 26 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Southern Asia, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 46,073 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 47,924 1000 ha | +4.0% |
| 2003 | 45,908 1000 ha | -4.2% |
| 2004 | 45,601 1000 ha | -0.7% |
| 2005 | 45,441 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2006 | 44,552 1000 ha | -2.0% |
| 2007 | 43,594 1000 ha | -2.1% |
| 2008 | 43,731 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 44,164 1000 ha | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 42,848 1000 ha | -3.0% |
| 2011 | 42,848 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 45,733 1000 ha | +6.7% |
| 2013 | 46,744 1000 ha | +2.2% |
| 2014 | 48,049 1000 ha | +2.8% |
| 2015 | 47,961 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 48,104 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 48,293 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 49,031 1000 ha | +1.5% |
| 2019 | 49,354 1000 ha | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 51,149 1000 ha | +3.6% |
| 2021 | 51,846 1000 ha | +1.4% |
| 2022 | 50,485 1000 ha | -2.6% |
| 2023 | 49,811 1000 ha | -1.3% |
| 2024 | 48,833 1000 ha | -2.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 45,221 1000 ha | 43,594 1000 ha | 47,924 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 46,897 1000 ha | 42,848 1000 ha | 49,354 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 50,425 1000 ha | 48,833 1000 ha | 51,846 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Southern Asia
- 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
- 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
- 14 Algeria 9,933 1000 ha compare
- 14 Timor-Leste 0.03 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Southern Asia
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 0.4009 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 6.69 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.274 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.44 °C (2025)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 15.39 million t (2024)
- Recovered paper — Production 8.45 million t (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Production 24.03 million t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Production 18.27 million t (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per area of cropland 44.63 kg/ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Southern Asia?
- Shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Southern Asia was 48,833 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 Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 51,846 1000 ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest shrub-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Southern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 42,848 1000 ha in 2010.
- How does Southern Asia rank for shrub-covered areas — area from modis?
- Southern Asia ranks 11th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is shrub-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in Southern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Southern Asia 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.