Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Gambia
Gambia: Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded was 69.42 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Gambia, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Gambia recorded 69.42 1000 ha for shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in 2024.
That represents a change of up 1.2% on the previous year and up 17.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Gambia peaked at 73.52 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 49.1 1000 ha, in 2010.
Gambia ranks 72nd of 223 countries 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 Gambia, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 73.52 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 62.3 1000 ha | -15.3% |
| 2003 | 60.88 1000 ha | -2.3% |
| 2004 | 60.63 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2005 | 58.94 1000 ha | -2.8% |
| 2006 | 55.77 1000 ha | -5.4% |
| 2007 | 54.32 1000 ha | -2.6% |
| 2008 | 52.61 1000 ha | -3.1% |
| 2009 | 49.64 1000 ha | -5.6% |
| 2010 | 49.1 1000 ha | -1.1% |
| 2011 | 51.77 1000 ha | +5.4% |
| 2012 | 56.8 1000 ha | +9.7% |
| 2013 | 57.89 1000 ha | +1.9% |
| 2014 | 59.07 1000 ha | +2.0% |
| 2015 | 60.78 1000 ha | +2.9% |
| 2016 | 61.14 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 63.84 1000 ha | +4.4% |
| 2018 | 65.78 1000 ha | +3.0% |
| 2019 | 63.81 1000 ha | -3.0% |
| 2020 | 63.88 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 63.56 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2022 | 63.92 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 68.63 1000 ha | +7.4% |
| 2024 | 69.42 1000 ha | +1.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 58.73 1000 ha | 49.64 1000 ha | 73.52 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 59 1000 ha | 49.1 1000 ha | 65.78 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 65.88 1000 ha | 63.56 1000 ha | 69.42 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Gambia
More environment data for Gambia
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -4.15 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -4.18 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.366 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.36 °C (2025)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import quantity, annual growth rate 0.7772 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import quantity, per capita 0.0003 t per person (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import value, annual growth rate 9.83 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import value, per capita 0.0003 1000 USD per person (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import -25.45 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Gambia?
- Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Gambia was 69.42 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 Gambia?
- The highest recorded value was 73.52 1000 ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded recorded in Gambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 49.1 1000 ha in 2010.
- How does Gambia rank for shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded?
- Gambia ranks 72nd out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded rising or falling in Gambia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Gambia 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.