Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Western Asia
Western Asia: Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 18,392 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Western Asia, 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 Asia stood at 18,392 1000 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 4.9% on the previous year and up 23.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Western Asia peaked at 19,492 1000 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 14,149 1000 ha, in 2013.
Western Asia ranks 15th of 26 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Western Asia, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 16,230 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 15,410 1000 ha | -5.1% |
| 2003 | 15,543 1000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2004 | 16,301 1000 ha | +4.9% |
| 2005 | 16,621 1000 ha | +2.0% |
| 2006 | 16,155 1000 ha | -2.8% |
| 2007 | 15,437 1000 ha | -4.4% |
| 2008 | 15,490 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 15,130 1000 ha | -2.3% |
| 2010 | 14,216 1000 ha | -6.0% |
| 2011 | 14,520 1000 ha | +2.1% |
| 2012 | 14,985 1000 ha | +3.2% |
| 2013 | 14,149 1000 ha | -5.6% |
| 2014 | 14,914 1000 ha | +5.4% |
| 2015 | 14,356 1000 ha | -3.7% |
| 2016 | 15,115 1000 ha | +5.3% |
| 2017 | 16,112 1000 ha | +6.6% |
| 2018 | 16,533 1000 ha | +2.6% |
| 2019 | 14,974 1000 ha | -9.4% |
| 2020 | 17,259 1000 ha | +15.3% |
| 2021 | 19,245 1000 ha | +11.5% |
| 2022 | 19,492 1000 ha | +1.3% |
| 2023 | 19,349 1000 ha | -0.7% |
| 2024 | 18,392 1000 ha | -4.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 15,813 1000 ha | 15,130 1000 ha | 16,621 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 14,988 1000 ha | 14,149 1000 ha | 16,533 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 18,747 1000 ha | 17,259 1000 ha | 19,492 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Asia
- 12 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.93 1000 ha compare
- 12 Pakistan 13,237 1000 ha compare
- 13 Morocco 11,159 1000 ha compare
- 13 Polynesia 0.04 1000 ha compare
- 14 Algeria 9,933 1000 ha compare
- 14 Timor-Leste 0.03 1000 ha compare
- 15 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 0 1000 ha compare
- 15 Micronesia (Federated States of) 0 1000 ha
- 15 Republic of Moldova 0 1000 ha
- 15 Turkmenistan 9,188 1000 ha compare
- 15 Wallis and Futuna Islands 0 1000 ha
- 15 Micronesia 0 1000 ha compare
- 16 India 7,709 1000 ha compare
- 17 Afghanistan 7,189 1000 ha compare
- 18 Spain 5,027 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Western Asia
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.404 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.7 °C (2025)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 5.65 million t (2024)
- Recovered paper — Production 5.50 million t (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Production 5.12 million t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Production 4.72 million t (2024)
- Agricultural land — Value of agricultural production (Int. $) per Area 474.77 USD_PPP/ha (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per capita 1.25 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 2.95 g/Int$ (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Western Asia?
- Shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Western Asia was 18,392 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 Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 19,492 1000 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest shrub-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Western Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 14,149 1000 ha in 2013.
- How does Western Asia rank for shrub-covered areas — area from modis?
- Western Asia ranks 15th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is shrub-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in Western Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 23.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Western Asia 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.