Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Botswana
Botswana: Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded was 290.22 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Botswana, 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 Botswana is 290.22 1000 ha, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
That represents a change of down 7.8% on the previous year and down 25.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Botswana peaked at 423.61 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 290.22 1000 ha, in 2024.
That places Botswana 24th out of 223 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Botswana, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 423.61 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 321.03 1000 ha | -24.2% |
| 2003 | 297.29 1000 ha | -7.4% |
| 2004 | 315.03 1000 ha | +6.0% |
| 2005 | 323.81 1000 ha | +2.8% |
| 2006 | 337.46 1000 ha | +4.2% |
| 2007 | 350.17 1000 ha | +3.8% |
| 2008 | 351.82 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 358.6 1000 ha | +1.9% |
| 2010 | 384.37 1000 ha | +7.2% |
| 2011 | 417.54 1000 ha | +8.6% |
| 2012 | 409.09 1000 ha | -2.0% |
| 2013 | 400.59 1000 ha | -2.1% |
| 2014 | 389.61 1000 ha | -2.7% |
| 2015 | 370.16 1000 ha | -5.0% |
| 2016 | 366.22 1000 ha | -1.1% |
| 2017 | 343.96 1000 ha | -6.1% |
| 2018 | 331.06 1000 ha | -3.8% |
| 2019 | 303.37 1000 ha | -8.4% |
| 2020 | 338.22 1000 ha | +11.5% |
| 2021 | 332.4 1000 ha | -1.7% |
| 2022 | 329.94 1000 ha | -0.7% |
| 2023 | 314.9 1000 ha | -4.6% |
| 2024 | 290.22 1000 ha | -7.8% |
Botswana compared with similar countries
- Botswana's 290.22 1000 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 23.07 1000 ha, 12.6× the median. (52 countries reporting)
- Botswana's 290.22 1000 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 52.17 1000 ha, 5.6× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 342.09 1000 ha | 297.29 1000 ha | 423.61 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 371.6 1000 ha | 303.37 1000 ha | 417.54 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 321.14 1000 ha | 290.22 1000 ha | 338.22 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Botswana
- 21 Sweden 391.36 1000 ha compare
- 22 Uganda 349.38 1000 ha compare
- 22 Caribbean 455.27 1000 ha compare
- 23 Ukraine 303.17 1000 ha compare
- 25 Côte d'Ivoire 26.35 1000 ha compare
- 25 Peru 279.5 1000 ha compare
- 26 Cabo Verde 2.2 1000 ha compare
- 26 Colombia 273.34 1000 ha compare
- 27 Angola 272.62 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Botswana
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 6.04 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 6.49 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.381 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.443 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual -4.05 % 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 0.3323 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Botswana?
- Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Botswana was 290.22 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 Botswana?
- The highest recorded value was 423.61 1000 ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded recorded in Botswana?
- The lowest recorded value was 290.22 1000 ha in 2024.
- How does Botswana rank for shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded?
- Botswana ranks 24th out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded rising or falling in Botswana?
- Over the last ten years it is down 25.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Botswana 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.