Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Northern America
Northern America: Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded was 48,455 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Northern America, 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 Northern America is 48,455 1000 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 3.8% on the previous year and down 1.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Northern America peaked at 98,553 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 46,384 1000 ha, in 2022.
That places Northern America 3rd out of 26 groups 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 Northern America, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 98,553 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 60,518 1000 ha | -38.6% |
| 2003 | 54,413 1000 ha | -10.1% |
| 2004 | 55,482 1000 ha | +2.0% |
| 2005 | 53,860 1000 ha | -2.9% |
| 2006 | 52,289 1000 ha | -2.9% |
| 2007 | 52,010 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2008 | 53,105 1000 ha | +2.1% |
| 2009 | 53,548 1000 ha | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 50,610 1000 ha | -5.5% |
| 2011 | 48,725 1000 ha | -3.7% |
| 2012 | 48,609 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 48,886 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 49,296 1000 ha | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 49,687 1000 ha | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 50,280 1000 ha | +1.2% |
| 2017 | 49,171 1000 ha | -2.2% |
| 2018 | 48,864 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 48,193 1000 ha | -1.4% |
| 2020 | 48,892 1000 ha | +1.4% |
| 2021 | 47,723 1000 ha | -2.4% |
| 2022 | 46,384 1000 ha | -2.8% |
| 2023 | 46,681 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 48,455 1000 ha | +3.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 59,309 1000 ha | 52,010 1000 ha | 98,553 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 49,232 1000 ha | 48,193 1000 ha | 50,610 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 47,627 1000 ha | 46,384 1000 ha | 48,892 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Northern America
More environment data for Northern America
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -2.23 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -3.25 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.466 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.49 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 43.74 million t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 92.54 million t (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Agricultural land 40.32 % (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 11.92 g/Int$ (2024)
- Country area — Area 2.59 million 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Northern America?
- Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Northern America was 48,455 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 Northern America?
- The highest recorded value was 98,553 1000 ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded recorded in Northern America?
- The lowest recorded value was 46,384 1000 ha in 2022.
- How does Northern America rank for shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded?
- Northern America ranks 3rd out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded rising or falling in Northern America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Northern America 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.