Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Sweden
Sweden: Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 2,344 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Sweden, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
In 2024, shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Sweden stood at 2,344 1000 ha.
That represents a change of up 0.7% on the previous year and down 3.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Sweden peaked at 2,424 1000 ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 1,305 1000 ha, in 2001.
Sweden ranks 29th of 223 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Sweden, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 1,305 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 1,958 1000 ha | +50.0% |
| 2003 | 2,210 1000 ha | +12.9% |
| 2004 | 2,152 1000 ha | -2.6% |
| 2005 | 2,191 1000 ha | +1.8% |
| 2006 | 2,189 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 2,132 1000 ha | -2.6% |
| 2008 | 2,150 1000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 2,269 1000 ha | +5.5% |
| 2010 | 2,322 1000 ha | +2.3% |
| 2011 | 2,259 1000 ha | -2.7% |
| 2012 | 2,354 1000 ha | +4.2% |
| 2013 | 2,359 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 2,424 1000 ha | +2.8% |
| 2015 | 2,353 1000 ha | -2.9% |
| 2016 | 2,341 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 2,253 1000 ha | -3.8% |
| 2018 | 2,327 1000 ha | +3.3% |
| 2019 | 2,372 1000 ha | +1.9% |
| 2020 | 2,384 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 2,317 1000 ha | -2.8% |
| 2022 | 2,193 1000 ha | -5.3% |
| 2023 | 2,327 1000 ha | +6.1% |
| 2024 | 2,344 1000 ha | +0.7% |
Sweden compared with similar countries
- Sweden's 2,344 1000 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.01 1000 ha, 234432.0× the median. (73 countries reporting)
- Sweden's 2,344 1000 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.06 1000 ha, 39072.0× the median. (51 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Sweden changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | +50.0% | 1,305 1000 ha | 1,958 1000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2,062 1000 ha | 1,305 1000 ha | 2,269 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 2,336 1000 ha | 2,253 1000 ha | 2,424 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,313 1000 ha | 2,193 1000 ha | 2,384 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sweden
- 26 Côte d'Ivoire 0.1 1000 ha compare
- 26 Uzbekistan 3,049 1000 ha compare
- 27 Tunisia 3,024 1000 ha compare
- 28 Iraq 2,796 1000 ha compare
- 30 Brazil 1,748 1000 ha compare
- 31 Zimbabwe 1,416 1000 ha compare
- 32 Sudan (former) 1,314 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Sweden
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 1.1 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -2.12 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.852 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.72 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0.4367 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 2.27 % 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 -0.0922 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Sweden?
- Shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Sweden was 2,344 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 Sweden?
- The highest recorded value was 2,424 1000 ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest shrub-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Sweden?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,305 1000 ha in 2001.
- How does Sweden rank for shrub-covered areas — area from modis?
- Sweden ranks 29th out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is shrub-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in Sweden?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sweden 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.