Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Southern Europe
Southern Europe: Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 5,070 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Southern Europe, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Southern Europe recorded 5,070 1000 ha for shrub-covered areas — area from modis in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.3% on the previous year and up 1.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Southern Europe peaked at 6,574 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 4,799 1000 ha, in 2013.
That places Southern Europe 19th out of 26 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Southern Europe, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 6,574 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 5,632 1000 ha | -14.3% |
| 2003 | 5,335 1000 ha | -5.3% |
| 2004 | 4,834 1000 ha | -9.4% |
| 2005 | 5,945 1000 ha | +23.0% |
| 2006 | 6,045 1000 ha | +1.7% |
| 2007 | 5,683 1000 ha | -6.0% |
| 2008 | 5,642 1000 ha | -0.7% |
| 2009 | 5,536 1000 ha | -1.9% |
| 2010 | 5,276 1000 ha | -4.7% |
| 2011 | 5,332 1000 ha | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 5,662 1000 ha | +6.2% |
| 2013 | 4,799 1000 ha | -15.2% |
| 2014 | 5,018 1000 ha | +4.6% |
| 2015 | 5,024 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 5,070 1000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 5,256 1000 ha | +3.7% |
| 2018 | 5,262 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 5,590 1000 ha | +6.2% |
| 2020 | 5,119 1000 ha | -8.4% |
| 2021 | 4,854 1000 ha | -5.2% |
| 2022 | 4,949 1000 ha | +2.0% |
| 2023 | 5,243 1000 ha | +5.9% |
| 2024 | 5,070 1000 ha | -3.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 5,692 1000 ha | 4,834 1000 ha | 6,574 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 5,229 1000 ha | 4,799 1000 ha | 5,662 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,047 1000 ha | 4,854 1000 ha | 5,243 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Southern Europe
More environment data for Southern Europe
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -0.3167 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -0.1235 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.323 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.19 °C (2025)
- Roundwood — Production 73.08 million m3 (2024)
- Roundwood, non-coniferous — Production 48.29 million m3 (2024)
- Roundwood, coniferous — Production 24.80 million m3 (2024)
- Roundwood — Export value 783,078 1000 USD (2024)
- Roundwood — Export quantity 6.44 million m3 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Southern Europe?
- Shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Southern Europe was 5,070 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 Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 6,574 1000 ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest shrub-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Southern Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,799 1000 ha in 2013.
- How does Southern Europe rank for shrub-covered areas — area from modis?
- Southern Europe ranks 19th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is shrub-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in Southern Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Southern Europe 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.