Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Gibraltar

Gibraltar: Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded was 0.3 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
0.3 1000 ha
Change on year
up 7.1%
World rank
217th
of 240 countries
All-time high
0.3 1000 ha
in 2021
All-time low
0.17 1000 ha
in 2002
Years of data
24
2001–2024

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

00.10.20.32001201220242001: 0.24 1000 ha2002: 0.17 1000 ha2003: 0.24 1000 ha2004: 0.28 1000 ha2005: 0.28 1000 ha2006: 0.26 1000 ha2007: 0.28 1000 ha2008: 0.28 1000 ha2009: 0.28 1000 ha2010: 0.26 1000 ha2011: 0.28 1000 ha2012: 0.26 1000 ha2013: 0.26 1000 ha2014: 0.28 1000 ha2015: 0.28 1000 ha2016: 0.24 1000 ha2017: 0.26 1000 ha2018: 0.28 1000 ha2019: 0.28 1000 ha2020: 0.28 1000 ha2021: 0.3 1000 ha2022: 0.28 1000 ha2023: 0.28 1000 ha2024: 0.3 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 Gibraltar is 0.3 1000 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.

That represents a change of up 7.1% on the previous year and up 7.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Gibraltar peaked at 0.3 1000 ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0.17 1000 ha, in 2002.

Gibraltar ranks 217th of 240 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 0.2567 1000 ha 0.17 1000 ha 0.28 1000 ha 9
2010s 0.268 1000 ha 0.24 1000 ha 0.28 1000 ha 10
2020s 0.288 1000 ha 0.28 1000 ha 0.3 1000 ha 5

Countries ranked near Gibraltar

  1. 214 Maldives 0.34 1000 ha compare
  2. 215 Micronesia (Federated States of) 0.32 1000 ha compare
  3. 215 Qatar 0.32 1000 ha compare
  4. 217 Sao Tome and Principe 0.3 1000 ha compare
  5. 217 Tuvalu 0.3 1000 ha compare
  6. 220 Andorra 0.26 1000 ha compare

See the full ranking of 269 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Gibraltar?
Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Gibraltar was 0.3 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 Gibraltar?
The highest recorded value was 0.3 1000 ha in 2021.
What is the lowest shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded recorded in Gibraltar?
The lowest recorded value was 0.17 1000 ha in 2002.
How does Gibraltar rank for shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded?
Gibraltar ranks 217th out of 240 countries with data for 2024.
Is shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded rising or falling in Gibraltar?
Over the last ten years it is up 7.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Gibraltar 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

Indicator
Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded — 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
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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.