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. β–² Rising

Latest (2024)
1,045 1000 ha
Change on year
up 3.4%
World rank
9th
of 240 countries
All-time high
1,606 1000 ha
in 2001
All-time low
684.17 1000 ha
in 2006
Years of data
24
2001–2024

Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Australia, 2001–2024

05001.0k1.5k2001201220242001: 1.6k 1000 ha2002: 930.3 1000 ha2003: 786.9 1000 ha2004: 751.2 1000 ha2005: 703.1 1000 ha2006: 684.2 1000 ha2007: 687.6 1000 ha2008: 699.4 1000 ha2009: 698.7 1000 ha2010: 728.5 1000 ha2011: 817.5 1000 ha2012: 880.1 1000 ha2013: 905.6 1000 ha2014: 912.7 1000 ha2015: 903.1 1000 ha2016: 900.8 1000 ha2017: 927.4 1000 ha2018: 904.3 1000 ha2019: 877.8 1000 ha2020: 882.7 1000 ha2021: 897.1 1000 ha2022: 895.6 1000 ha2023: 1.0k 1000 ha2024: 1.0k 1000 ha

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 240 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.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest 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

  1. 6 Chile 1,984 1000 ha compare
  2. 7 Argentina 1,659 1000 ha compare
  3. 8 Australia and New Zealand 1,218 1000 ha compare
  4. 10 India 1,020 1000 ha compare
  5. 11 South Sudan 992.34 1000 ha compare
  6. 12 Viet Nam 903.29 1000 ha compare

See the full ranking of 269 places β†’

More environment data for Australia

All data for Australia β†’

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 240 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 β€” Area from MODIS. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV Β· JSON β€” 24 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Australia. Statizoid, drawing on Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Retrieved 17 August 2026, from https://environment.statizoid.com/stat/shrubs-and-or-herbaceous-vegetation-aquatic-or-regularly-flooded-area-from-modis/australia/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://environment.statizoid.com/stat/shrubs-and-or-herbaceous-vegetation-aquatic-or-regularly-flooded-area-from-modis/australia/">Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Australia</a> β€” Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded β€” Area from MODIS
Unit
1000 ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
269 places, 6,390 data points, 2001–2024
Last refreshed

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 UniversitΓ© 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.