Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Tunisia
Tunisia: Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 3,024 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Tunisia, 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 Tunisia stood at 3,024 1000 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 6.2% on the previous year and up 32.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Tunisia peaked at 3,224 1000 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 1,805 1000 ha, in 2001.
Tunisia ranks 27th 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 Tunisia, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 1,805 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 1,997 1000 ha | +10.7% |
| 2003 | 1,959 1000 ha | -1.9% |
| 2004 | 1,976 1000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 2,056 1000 ha | +4.0% |
| 2006 | 2,167 1000 ha | +5.4% |
| 2007 | 2,244 1000 ha | +3.6% |
| 2008 | 2,258 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2009 | 2,239 1000 ha | -0.9% |
| 2010 | 2,264 1000 ha | +1.1% |
| 2011 | 2,309 1000 ha | +2.0% |
| 2012 | 2,305 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 2,374 1000 ha | +3.0% |
| 2014 | 2,281 1000 ha | -3.9% |
| 2015 | 2,430 1000 ha | +6.5% |
| 2016 | 2,485 1000 ha | +2.3% |
| 2017 | 2,533 1000 ha | +1.9% |
| 2018 | 2,726 1000 ha | +7.6% |
| 2019 | 2,778 1000 ha | +1.9% |
| 2020 | 2,919 1000 ha | +5.1% |
| 2021 | 3,093 1000 ha | +6.0% |
| 2022 | 3,205 1000 ha | +3.6% |
| 2023 | 3,224 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 3,024 1000 ha | -6.2% |
Tunisia compared with similar countries
- Tunisia's 3,024 1000 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 14.44 1000 ha, 209.4× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Tunisia's 3,024 1000 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 385.18 1000 ha, 7.9× the median. (21 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2,078 1000 ha | 1,805 1000 ha | 2,258 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 2,449 1000 ha | 2,264 1000 ha | 2,778 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,093 1000 ha | 2,919 1000 ha | 3,224 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Tunisia
More environment data for Tunisia
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -14.25 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -6.62 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.421 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.02 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 2.34 % 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 -0.2204 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Tunisia?
- Shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Tunisia was 3,024 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 Tunisia?
- The highest recorded value was 3,224 1000 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest shrub-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Tunisia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,805 1000 ha in 2001.
- How does Tunisia rank for shrub-covered areas — area from modis?
- Tunisia ranks 27th out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is shrub-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in Tunisia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 32.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Tunisia 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.