Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Asia
Asia: Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded was 8,844 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Asia, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
In 2024, shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Asia stood at 8,844 1000 ha.
That represents a change of up 2.1% on the previous year and up 13.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Asia peaked at 12,098 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 6,172 1000 ha, in 2009.
Asia ranks 1st of 20 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Asia, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 12,098 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 8,570 1000 ha | -29.2% |
| 2003 | 7,597 1000 ha | -11.3% |
| 2004 | 7,226 1000 ha | -4.9% |
| 2005 | 6,695 1000 ha | -7.3% |
| 2006 | 6,331 1000 ha | -5.4% |
| 2007 | 6,394 1000 ha | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 6,217 1000 ha | -2.8% |
| 2009 | 6,172 1000 ha | -0.7% |
| 2010 | 6,313 1000 ha | +2.3% |
| 2011 | 6,581 1000 ha | +4.2% |
| 2012 | 6,958 1000 ha | +5.7% |
| 2013 | 7,366 1000 ha | +5.9% |
| 2014 | 7,805 1000 ha | +6.0% |
| 2015 | 8,147 1000 ha | +4.4% |
| 2016 | 8,760 1000 ha | +7.5% |
| 2017 | 8,999 1000 ha | +2.7% |
| 2018 | 8,931 1000 ha | -0.8% |
| 2019 | 8,829 1000 ha | -1.1% |
| 2020 | 8,988 1000 ha | +1.8% |
| 2021 | 8,910 1000 ha | -0.9% |
| 2022 | 8,390 1000 ha | -5.8% |
| 2023 | 8,666 1000 ha | +3.3% |
| 2024 | 8,844 1000 ha | +2.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 7,478 1000 ha | 6,172 1000 ha | 12,098 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 7,869 1000 ha | 6,313 1000 ha | 8,999 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 8,759 1000 ha | 8,390 1000 ha | 8,988 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Asia
More environment data for Asia
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 0.4646 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -2.4 Percentage change (2025)
- Temperature change 1.83 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.229 °C (2025)
- Sawlogs and veneer logs, coniferous — Production 44.07 million m3 (2024)
- Industrial roundwood, coniferous — Production 80.29 million m3 (2024)
- Industrial roundwood, non-coniferous — Production 400.22 million m3 (2024)
- Wood charcoal — Production 10.14 million t (2024)
- Other industrial roundwood, non-coniferous (production) — Production 66.09 million m3 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Asia?
- Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Asia was 8,844 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 Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 12,098 1000 ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded recorded in Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,172 1000 ha in 2009.
- How does Asia rank for shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded?
- Asia ranks 1st out of 20 groups with data for 2024.
- Is shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded rising or falling in Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Asia 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.