Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Western Africa
Western Africa: Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 1,747 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Western Africa, 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 Western Africa stood at 1,747 1000 ha.
The figure is up 1.1% on the previous year and down 29.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Western Africa peaked at 3,664 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 1,728 1000 ha, in 2023.
That places Western Africa 20th out of 26 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Western Africa, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 3,664 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 3,623 1000 ha | -1.1% |
| 2003 | 3,015 1000 ha | -16.8% |
| 2004 | 2,663 1000 ha | -11.7% |
| 2005 | 2,260 1000 ha | -15.2% |
| 2006 | 2,027 1000 ha | -10.3% |
| 2007 | 2,050 1000 ha | +1.1% |
| 2008 | 2,034 1000 ha | -0.8% |
| 2009 | 2,197 1000 ha | +8.0% |
| 2010 | 2,328 1000 ha | +6.0% |
| 2011 | 2,516 1000 ha | +8.1% |
| 2012 | 2,426 1000 ha | -3.6% |
| 2013 | 2,493 1000 ha | +2.8% |
| 2014 | 2,463 1000 ha | -1.2% |
| 2015 | 2,328 1000 ha | -5.5% |
| 2016 | 2,254 1000 ha | -3.2% |
| 2017 | 2,148 1000 ha | -4.7% |
| 2018 | 2,012 1000 ha | -6.3% |
| 2019 | 1,921 1000 ha | -4.5% |
| 2020 | 1,932 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 1,947 1000 ha | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 1,914 1000 ha | -1.7% |
| 2023 | 1,728 1000 ha | -9.7% |
| 2024 | 1,747 1000 ha | +1.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2,615 1000 ha | 2,027 1000 ha | 3,664 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 2,289 1000 ha | 1,921 1000 ha | 2,516 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,854 1000 ha | 1,728 1000 ha | 1,947 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Africa
More environment data for Western Africa
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -6.69 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -6.59 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.311 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.37 °C (2025)
- Industrial roundwood — Export quantity 355,916 m3 (2024)
- Industrial roundwood, coniferous — Production 51,000 m3 (2024)
- Industrial roundwood — Import value 18,051 1000 USD (2024)
- Industrial roundwood — Import quantity 79,324 m3 (2024)
- Industrial roundwood — Production 20.68 million m3 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Western Africa?
- Shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Western Africa was 1,747 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 Western Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 3,664 1000 ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest shrub-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Western Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,728 1000 ha in 2023.
- How does Western Africa rank for shrub-covered areas — area from modis?
- Western Africa ranks 20th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is shrub-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in Western Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 29.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Western Africa 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.