Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Western Sahara
Western Sahara: Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 61.18 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Western Sahara, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Western Sahara recorded 61.18 1000 ha for shrub-covered areas — area from modis in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 15.1% on the previous year and up 31.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Western Sahara peaked at 75.4 1000 ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.62 1000 ha, in 2001.
That places Western Sahara 64th out of 240 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 25.09 1000 ha | 0.62 1000 ha | 70.12 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 56.13 1000 ha | 46.48 1000 ha | 75.4 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 57.85 1000 ha | 40.01 1000 ha | 73.63 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Sahara
More environment data for Western Sahara
- Cropland — Area 4 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 18.8 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 99.92 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 5,000 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 0.08 % (2024)
- Cropland — Area per capita 0.01 ha/cap (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Land area 0.02 % (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Agricultural land 0.08 % (2024)
- Pesticides (total) — Export value 37.78 1000 USD (2024)
- Country area — Area 26,600 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Western Sahara?
- Shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Western Sahara was 61.18 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 Sahara?
- The highest recorded value was 75.4 1000 ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest shrub-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Western Sahara?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.62 1000 ha in 2001.
- How does Western Sahara rank for shrub-covered areas — area from modis?
- Western Sahara ranks 64th out of 240 countries with data for 2024.
- Is shrub-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in Western Sahara?
- Over the last ten years it is up 31.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Western Sahara 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.