Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Australia and New Zealand
Australia and New Zealand: Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded was 1,218 1000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Australia and New Zealand, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Australia and New Zealand is 1,218 1000 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 3.2% on the previous year and up 14.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Australia and New Zealand peaked at 1,975 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 840.94 1000 ha, in 2006.
Australia and New Zealand ranks 8th of 223 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Australia and New Zealand, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 1,975 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 1,153 1000 ha | -41.6% |
| 2003 | 980.02 1000 ha | -15.0% |
| 2004 | 935 1000 ha | -4.6% |
| 2005 | 865.89 1000 ha | -7.4% |
| 2006 | 840.94 1000 ha | -2.9% |
| 2007 | 847.55 1000 ha | +0.8% |
| 2008 | 857.1 1000 ha | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 853.17 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2010 | 885.07 1000 ha | +3.7% |
| 2011 | 973.54 1000 ha | +10.0% |
| 2012 | 1,036 1000 ha | +6.5% |
| 2013 | 1,055 1000 ha | +1.8% |
| 2014 | 1,063 1000 ha | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 1,064 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 1,075 1000 ha | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 1,102 1000 ha | +2.5% |
| 2018 | 1,079 1000 ha | -2.1% |
| 2019 | 1,058 1000 ha | -2.0% |
| 2020 | 1,070 1000 ha | +1.1% |
| 2021 | 1,079 1000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 1,062 1000 ha | -1.7% |
| 2023 | 1,180 1000 ha | +11.2% |
| 2024 | 1,218 1000 ha | +3.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1,034 1000 ha | 840.94 1000 ha | 1,975 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 1,039 1000 ha | 885.07 1000 ha | 1,102 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,122 1000 ha | 1,062 1000 ha | 1,218 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Australia and New Zealand
- 5 China, mainland 2,283 1000 ha compare
- 5 Democratic Republic of the Congo 545.63 1000 ha compare
- 6 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 485.84 1000 ha compare
- 6 Chile 1,984 1000 ha compare
- 7 Argentina 1,659 1000 ha compare
- 7 United Republic of Tanzania 392.9 1000 ha compare
- 8 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 294.39 1000 ha compare
- 9 Australia 1,045 1000 ha compare
- 9 Melanesia 108.28 1000 ha compare
- 10 India 1,020 1000 ha compare
- 10 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 77.16 1000 ha compare
- 11 Lao People's Democratic Republic 63.85 1000 ha compare
- 11 South Sudan 992.34 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Australia and New Zealand
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -5.87 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -4.39 Percentage change (2025)
- Temperature change 1.39 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.335 °C (2025)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 4.99 million t (2024)
- Recovered paper — Production 2.98 million t (2024)
- Cropland — Area 32,246 1000 ha (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per capita 16.72 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 7.63 g/Int$ (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Australia and New Zealand?
- Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Australia and New Zealand was 1,218 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 Australia and New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 1,975 1000 ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 840.94 1000 ha in 2006.
- How does Australia and New Zealand rank for shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded?
- Australia and New Zealand ranks 8th out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded rising or falling in Australia and New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Australia and New Zealand 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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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.