Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Sudan
Sudan: Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 709.05 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Sudan, 2012–2024
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 Sudan is 709.05 1000 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 3.9% on the previous year and down 30.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Sudan peaked at 1,243 1000 ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 658.39 1000 ha, in 2022.
Sudan ranks 40th of 223 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 13 years of available data.
Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Sudan, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 1,243 1000 ha | — |
| 2013 | 1,154 1000 ha | -7.2% |
| 2014 | 1,023 1000 ha | -11.3% |
| 2015 | 1,074 1000 ha | +4.9% |
| 2016 | 1,061 1000 ha | -1.2% |
| 2017 | 1,003 1000 ha | -5.5% |
| 2018 | 869.04 1000 ha | -13.3% |
| 2019 | 836.2 1000 ha | -3.8% |
| 2020 | 728.59 1000 ha | -12.9% |
| 2021 | 751.7 1000 ha | +3.2% |
| 2022 | 658.39 1000 ha | -12.4% |
| 2023 | 737.48 1000 ha | +12.0% |
| 2024 | 709.05 1000 ha | -3.9% |
Sudan compared with similar countries
- Sudan's 709.05 1000 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 41.75 1000 ha, 17.0× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Sudan's 709.05 1000 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 25.07 1000 ha, 28.3× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1,033 1000 ha | 836.2 1000 ha | 1,243 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2020s | 717.04 1000 ha | 658.39 1000 ha | 751.7 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sudan
- 37 China 1,074 1000 ha compare
- 37 China, mainland 1,074 1000 ha compare
- 39 Finland 1,031 1000 ha compare
- 41 Kazakhstan 679.95 1000 ha compare
- 42 Jordan 648.58 1000 ha compare
- 43 Tajikistan 564.17 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Sudan
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -15.6 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -15.35 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.327 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.21 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.2472 % 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 -0.03 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Sudan?
- Shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Sudan was 709.05 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 Sudan?
- The highest recorded value was 1,243 1000 ha in 2012.
- What is the lowest shrub-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Sudan?
- The lowest recorded value was 658.39 1000 ha in 2022.
- How does Sudan rank for shrub-covered areas — area from modis?
- Sudan ranks 40th out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is shrub-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in Sudan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 30.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Sudan 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.