Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Australia
Australia: Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded was 1,045 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Australia, 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 is 1,045 1000 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 3.4% on the previous year and up 14.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Australia peaked at 1,606 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 684.17 1000 ha, in 2006.
That places Australia 9th out of 223 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 Australia, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 1,606 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 930.27 1000 ha | -42.1% |
| 2003 | 786.92 1000 ha | -15.4% |
| 2004 | 751.22 1000 ha | -4.5% |
| 2005 | 703.12 1000 ha | -6.4% |
| 2006 | 684.17 1000 ha | -2.7% |
| 2007 | 687.58 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 699.39 1000 ha | +1.7% |
| 2009 | 698.66 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 728.54 1000 ha | +4.3% |
| 2011 | 817.46 1000 ha | +12.2% |
| 2012 | 880.08 1000 ha | +7.7% |
| 2013 | 905.65 1000 ha | +2.9% |
| 2014 | 912.73 1000 ha | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 903.13 1000 ha | -1.1% |
| 2016 | 900.82 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 927.39 1000 ha | +2.9% |
| 2018 | 904.34 1000 ha | -2.5% |
| 2019 | 877.84 1000 ha | -2.9% |
| 2020 | 882.66 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 897.14 1000 ha | +1.6% |
| 2022 | 895.61 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 1,010 1000 ha | +12.8% |
| 2024 | 1,045 1000 ha | +3.4% |
Australia compared with similar countries
- Australia's 1,045 1000 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 11.18 1000 ha, 93.4× the median. (73 countries reporting)
- Australia's 1,045 1000 ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 11.5 1000 ha, 90.8× the median. (27 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Australia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | -42.1% | 1,606 1000 ha | 930.27 1000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 838.62 1000 ha | 684.17 1000 ha | 1,606 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 875.8 1000 ha | 728.54 1000 ha | 927.39 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 946.07 1000 ha | 882.66 1000 ha | 1,045 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Australia
- 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
- 8 Australia and New Zealand 1,218 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
- 12 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 62.14 1000 ha compare
- 12 Norway 858.12 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Australia
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -4.75 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -5.98 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.345 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.4 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate -1.03 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.6708 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate 0.0861 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Australia?
- Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Australia was 1,045 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?
- The highest recorded value was 1,606 1000 ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 684.17 1000 ha in 2006.
- How does Australia rank for shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded?
- Australia ranks 9th out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Australia 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.