Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa: Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded was 3,623 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Eastern Africa, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Eastern Africa recorded 3,623 1000 ha for shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.6% on the previous year and up 21.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Eastern Africa peaked at 3,719 1000 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 2,101 1000 ha, in 2005.
Eastern Africa ranks 9th of 26 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
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 Eastern Africa, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 3,600 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 2,454 1000 ha | -31.8% |
| 2003 | 2,242 1000 ha | -8.6% |
| 2004 | 2,208 1000 ha | -1.5% |
| 2005 | 2,101 1000 ha | -4.8% |
| 2006 | 2,122 1000 ha | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 2,303 1000 ha | +8.5% |
| 2008 | 2,431 1000 ha | +5.6% |
| 2009 | 2,507 1000 ha | +3.1% |
| 2010 | 2,546 1000 ha | +1.6% |
| 2011 | 2,565 1000 ha | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 2,870 1000 ha | +11.9% |
| 2013 | 2,929 1000 ha | +2.1% |
| 2014 | 2,986 1000 ha | +1.9% |
| 2015 | 2,919 1000 ha | -2.2% |
| 2016 | 2,913 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 2,962 1000 ha | +1.7% |
| 2018 | 2,993 1000 ha | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 2,880 1000 ha | -3.8% |
| 2020 | 2,910 1000 ha | +1.1% |
| 2021 | 3,139 1000 ha | +7.9% |
| 2022 | 3,318 1000 ha | +5.7% |
| 2023 | 3,719 1000 ha | +12.1% |
| 2024 | 3,623 1000 ha | -2.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2,441 1000 ha | 2,101 1000 ha | 3,600 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 2,856 1000 ha | 2,546 1000 ha | 2,993 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,342 1000 ha | 2,910 1000 ha | 3,719 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Africa
More environment data for Eastern Africa
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -5.98 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -7.18 Percentage change (2025)
- Temperature change 1.28 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.229 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value -0.3367 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -5.69 Percentage change (2024)
- Exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -5.99 Percentage change (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import -0.5287 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Eastern Africa?
- Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Eastern Africa was 3,623 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 Eastern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 3,719 1000 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,101 1000 ha in 2005.
- How does Eastern Africa rank for shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded?
- Eastern Africa ranks 9th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eastern Africa 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.