Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Zambia
Zambia: Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 49.94 1000 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Zambia, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Zambia recorded 49.94 1000 ha for shrub-covered areas — area from modis in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
That represents a change of down 16.8% on the previous year and down 58.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Zambia peaked at 434.79 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 49.94 1000 ha, in 2024.
That places Zambia 68th out of 240 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 215.63 1000 ha | 138.9 1000 ha | 434.79 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 129.3 1000 ha | 106.21 1000 ha | 163.57 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 70.23 1000 ha | 49.94 1000 ha | 101.79 1000 ha | 5 |
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More environment data for Zambia
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 4.06 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 155.89 1000 ha (2024)
- Inland waters — Area 922 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 26.9 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 83.89 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 20,000 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 0.17 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 40.49 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 15.94 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 3,800 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Zambia?
- Shrub-covered areas — area from modis in Zambia was 49.94 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 Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 434.79 1000 ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest shrub-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 49.94 1000 ha in 2024.
- How does Zambia rank for shrub-covered areas — area from modis?
- Zambia ranks 68th out of 240 countries with data for 2024.
- Is shrub-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 58.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Zambia 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.