Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Spain
Spain: Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 5,027 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Spain, 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 Spain is 5,027 1000 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.3% on the previous year and up 1.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Spain peaked at 6,378 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 4,722 1000 ha, in 2013.
Spain ranks 18th of 223 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Spain, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 6,378 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 5,496 1000 ha | -13.8% |
| 2003 | 5,229 1000 ha | -4.8% |
| 2004 | 4,724 1000 ha | -9.7% |
| 2005 | 5,777 1000 ha | +22.3% |
| 2006 | 5,900 1000 ha | +2.1% |
| 2007 | 5,555 1000 ha | -5.8% |
| 2008 | 5,524 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2009 | 5,418 1000 ha | -1.9% |
| 2010 | 5,176 1000 ha | -4.5% |
| 2011 | 5,238 1000 ha | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 5,564 1000 ha | +6.2% |
| 2013 | 4,722 1000 ha | -15.1% |
| 2014 | 4,957 1000 ha | +5.0% |
| 2015 | 4,967 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 5,020 1000 ha | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 5,200 1000 ha | +3.6% |
| 2018 | 5,207 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 5,536 1000 ha | +6.3% |
| 2020 | 5,069 1000 ha | -8.4% |
| 2021 | 4,810 1000 ha | -5.1% |
| 2022 | 4,905 1000 ha | +2.0% |
| 2023 | 5,200 1000 ha | +6.0% |
| 2024 | 5,027 1000 ha | -3.3% |
Spain compared with similar countries
- Spain's 5,027 1000 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.01 1000 ha, 502747.0× the median. (73 countries reporting)
- Spain's 5,027 1000 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.06 1000 ha, 83791.2× the median. (51 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 5,556 1000 ha | 4,724 1000 ha | 6,378 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 5,159 1000 ha | 4,722 1000 ha | 5,564 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,002 1000 ha | 4,810 1000 ha | 5,200 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Spain
- 15 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 0 1000 ha compare
- 15 Micronesia (Federated States of) 0 1000 ha
- 15 Republic of Moldova 0 1000 ha
- 15 Turkmenistan 9,188 1000 ha compare
- 15 Wallis and Futuna Islands 0 1000 ha
- 15 Micronesia 0 1000 ha compare
- 16 India 7,709 1000 ha compare
- 17 Afghanistan 7,189 1000 ha compare
- 19 Saudi Arabia 4,375 1000 ha compare
- 20 Yemen 4,370 1000 ha compare
- 21 Norway 4,204 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Spain
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -1.67 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -1.4 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.402 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.3 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 10.36 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual -0.4277 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate -0.5136 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Spain?
- Shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Spain was 5,027 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 Spain?
- The highest recorded value was 6,378 1000 ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest shrub-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Spain?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,722 1000 ha in 2013.
- How does Spain rank for shrub-covered areas — area from modis?
- Spain ranks 18th out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is shrub-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in Spain?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Spain 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.