Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Canada
Canada: Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded was 40,547 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Canada, 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 Canada is 40,547 1000 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 3.2% on the previous year and down 3.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Canada peaked at 82,572 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 39,192 1000 ha, in 2022.
That places Canada 2nd out of 223 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
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 Canada, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 82,572 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 51,291 1000 ha | -37.9% |
| 2003 | 46,313 1000 ha | -9.7% |
| 2004 | 47,631 1000 ha | +2.8% |
| 2005 | 46,455 1000 ha | -2.5% |
| 2006 | 44,974 1000 ha | -3.2% |
| 2007 | 44,805 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2008 | 45,674 1000 ha | +1.9% |
| 2009 | 46,310 1000 ha | +1.4% |
| 2010 | 43,473 1000 ha | -6.1% |
| 2011 | 41,689 1000 ha | -4.1% |
| 2012 | 41,253 1000 ha | -1.0% |
| 2013 | 41,286 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 41,830 1000 ha | +1.3% |
| 2015 | 42,226 1000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 42,484 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 41,214 1000 ha | -3.0% |
| 2018 | 41,018 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 40,354 1000 ha | -1.6% |
| 2020 | 41,235 1000 ha | +2.2% |
| 2021 | 40,317 1000 ha | -2.2% |
| 2022 | 39,192 1000 ha | -2.8% |
| 2023 | 39,305 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 40,547 1000 ha | +3.2% |
Canada compared with similar countries
- Canada's 40,547 1000 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 11.18 1000 ha, 3626.8× the median. (73 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Canada 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 | -37.9% | 82,572 1000 ha | 51,291 1000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 50,669 1000 ha | 44,805 1000 ha | 82,572 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 41,683 1000 ha | 40,354 1000 ha | 43,473 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 40,119 1000 ha | 39,192 1000 ha | 41,235 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Canada
- 1 Russian Federation 41,355 1000 ha compare
- 3 Brazil 2,665 1000 ha compare
- 3 Viet Nam 903.29 1000 ha compare
- 4 China 2,315 1000 ha compare
- 4 Türkiye 560.83 1000 ha compare
- 5 China, mainland 2,283 1000 ha compare
- 5 Democratic Republic of the Congo 545.63 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Canada
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -2.52 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -6.76 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.642 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.96 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 2.9 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 1.7 % 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 -0.3398 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Canada?
- Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Canada was 40,547 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 Canada?
- The highest recorded value was 82,572 1000 ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded recorded in Canada?
- The lowest recorded value was 39,192 1000 ha in 2022.
- How does Canada rank for shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded?
- Canada ranks 2nd out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded rising or falling in Canada?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Canada 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.