Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Africa
Africa: Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded was 6,213 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Africa, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Africa recorded 6,213 1000 ha for shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in 2024.
That represents a change of down 2.2% on the previous year and up 15.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Africa peaked at 6,898 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 4,220 1000 ha, in 2005.
That places Africa 8th out of 26 groups 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 | 4,809 1000 ha | 4,220 1000 ha | 6,898 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 5,281 1000 ha | 4,957 1000 ha | 5,518 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,915 1000 ha | 5,442 1000 ha | 6,351 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Africa
- 5 China, mainland 2,283 1000 ha compare
- 6 Chile 1,984 1000 ha compare
- 7 Argentina 1,659 1000 ha compare
- 8 Australia and New Zealand 1,218 1000 ha compare
- 9 Australia 1,045 1000 ha compare
- 10 India 1,020 1000 ha compare
- 11 South Sudan 992.34 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Africa
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -7.12 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -7.93 Percentage change (2025)
- Temperature change 1.32 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.213 °C (2025)
- Primary wood and paper products (export/import) — Export value 5.54 million 1000 USD (2024)
- Roundwood, coniferous — Production 32.26 million m3 (2024)
- Roundwood — Export value 714,851 1000 USD (2024)
- Roundwood — Export quantity 3.78 million m3 (2024)
- Roundwood — Import value 182,147 1000 USD (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Africa?
- Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Africa was 6,213 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 6,898 1000 ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,220 1000 ha in 2005.
- How does Africa rank for shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded?
- Africa ranks 8th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded — 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.