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

Greece: Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded was 271.75 1000 ha in 2024. β–¬ Flat

Latest (2024)
271.75 1000 ha
Change on year
down 3.6%
World rank
35th
of 240 countries
All-time high
375.56 1000 ha
in 2001
All-time low
231.04 1000 ha
in 2004
Years of data
24
2001–2024

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

01002003004002001201220242001: 375.6 1000 ha2002: 240.7 1000 ha2003: 232.8 1000 ha2004: 231 1000 ha2005: 241.3 1000 ha2006: 254.9 1000 ha2007: 273.7 1000 ha2008: 258.5 1000 ha2009: 247.9 1000 ha2010: 244.8 1000 ha2011: 252.1 1000 ha2012: 256.9 1000 ha2013: 259.1 1000 ha2014: 258.2 1000 ha2015: 258.1 1000 ha2016: 260.2 1000 ha2017: 261.4 1000 ha2018: 259 1000 ha2019: 254 1000 ha2020: 269.1 1000 ha2021: 274.4 1000 ha2022: 274.3 1000 ha2023: 281.9 1000 ha2024: 271.8 1000 ha

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.

Analysis

Greece recorded 271.75 1000 ha for shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in 2024.

That represents a change of down 3.6% on the previous year and up 5.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Greece peaked at 375.56 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 231.04 1000 ha, in 2004.

That places Greece 35th out of 240 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 261.82 1000 ha 231.04 1000 ha 375.56 1000 ha 9
2010s 256.37 1000 ha 244.77 1000 ha 261.38 1000 ha 10
2020s 274.29 1000 ha 269.11 1000 ha 281.94 1000 ha 5

Countries ranked near Greece

  1. 32 Peru 279.5 1000 ha compare
  2. 33 Colombia 273.34 1000 ha compare
  3. 34 Angola 272.62 1000 ha compare
  4. 36 Madagascar 261.71 1000 ha compare
  5. 37 Bahamas 260.18 1000 ha compare
  6. 38 Thailand 251.01 1000 ha compare

See the full ranking of 269 places β†’

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Frequently asked questions

What is shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Greece?
Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Greece was 271.75 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 Greece?
The highest recorded value was 375.56 1000 ha in 2001.
What is the lowest shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded recorded in Greece?
The lowest recorded value was 231.04 1000 ha in 2004.
How does Greece rank for shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded?
Greece ranks 35th out of 240 countries with data for 2024.
Is shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded rising or falling in Greece?
Over the last ten years it is up 5.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Greece 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 β€” 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 β€” 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
Last refreshed

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 UniversitΓ© 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.