Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in United Arab Emirates

United Arab Emirates: Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 90.78 1000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat

Latest (2024)
90.78 1000 ha
Change on year
up 15.4%
World rank
59th
of 240 countries
All-time high
90.78 1000 ha
in 2024
All-time low
54.97 1000 ha
in 2016
Years of data
24
2001–2024

Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in United Arab Emirates, 2001–2024

0204060801002001201220242001: 60.2 1000 ha2002: 63.7 1000 ha2003: 70.9 1000 ha2004: 71.1 1000 ha2005: 72.4 1000 ha2006: 74 1000 ha2007: 79.5 1000 ha2008: 77.3 1000 ha2009: 76.6 1000 ha2010: 82.9 1000 ha2011: 82.8 1000 ha2012: 74.6 1000 ha2013: 66.8 1000 ha2014: 61 1000 ha2015: 56.5 1000 ha2016: 55 1000 ha2017: 57.7 1000 ha2018: 63.3 1000 ha2019: 65.3 1000 ha2020: 71.6 1000 ha2021: 68.6 1000 ha2022: 68.7 1000 ha2023: 78.7 1000 ha2024: 90.8 1000 ha

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.

Analysis

United Arab Emirates recorded 90.78 1000 ha for shrub-covered areas — area from modis in 2024. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.

That represents a change of up 15.4% on the previous year and up 48.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, shrub-covered areas — area from modis in United Arab Emirates peaked at 90.78 1000 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 54.97 1000 ha, in 2016.

That places United Arab Emirates 59th out of 240 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 71.73 1000 ha 60.19 1000 ha 79.53 1000 ha 9
2010s 66.57 1000 ha 54.97 1000 ha 82.88 1000 ha 10
2020s 75.67 1000 ha 68.59 1000 ha 90.78 1000 ha 5

Countries ranked near United Arab Emirates

  1. 56 Mauritania 120.79 1000 ha compare
  2. 57 Palestine 106.27 1000 ha compare
  3. 58 Greenland 97.81 1000 ha compare
  4. 60 Mali 89.97 1000 ha compare
  5. 61 Mongolia 74.94 1000 ha compare
  6. 62 Ecuador 70.98 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is shrub-covered areas — area from modis in United Arab Emirates?
Shrub-covered areas — area from modis in United Arab Emirates was 90.78 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 United Arab Emirates?
The highest recorded value was 90.78 1000 ha in 2024.
What is the lowest shrub-covered areas — area from modis recorded in United Arab Emirates?
The lowest recorded value was 54.97 1000 ha in 2016.
How does United Arab Emirates rank for shrub-covered areas — area from modis?
United Arab Emirates ranks 59th out of 240 countries with data for 2024.
Is shrub-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in United Arab Emirates?
Over the last ten years it is up 48.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this United Arab Emirates 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

Indicator
Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS
Unit
1000 ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
269 places, 6,390 data points, 2001–2024
Last refreshed

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.