How does Oman rank for shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded?

Oman ranks 212th out of 240 countries with data for 2024.

Is shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded rising or falling in Oman?

Over the last ten years it is up 38.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this Oman 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.

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

Name: Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Oman
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)

Oman: Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded was 0.36 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)

0.36 1000 ha

Change on year

up 12.5%

World rank

212th

of 240 countries

All-time high

0.49 1000 ha

in 2001

All-time low

0.17 1000 ha

in 2009

Years of data

2001–2024

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

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

Analysis

In 2024, shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Oman stood at 0.36 1000 ha.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 12.5% on the previous year and up 38.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Oman peaked at 0.49 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 0.17 1000 ha, in 2009.

Oman ranks 212th 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

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
2000s	0.2667 1000 ha	0.17 1000 ha	0.49 1000 ha	9
2010s	0.244 1000 ha	0.17 1000 ha	0.3 1000 ha	10
2020s	0.308 1000 ha	0.26 1000 ha	0.36 1000 ha	5

Countries ranked near Oman

209 Yemen 0.47 1000 ha compare
210 Palau 0.43 1000 ha compare
211 United States Minor Outlying Islands 0.41 1000 ha compare
212 Barbados 0.36 1000 ha compare
214 Maldives 0.34 1000 ha compare
215 Micronesia (Federated States of) 0.32 1000 ha compare
215 Qatar 0.32 1000 ha compare

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More environment data for Oman

Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 95.24 % (2024)
Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 123.03 1000 ha (2024)
Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 4.36 % (2024)
Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 91.27 % (2024)
Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 1,350 1000 ha (2024)
Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 2.42 % (2024)
Permanent crops — Area 35.86 1000 ha (2024)
Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 6.31 % (2024)
Arable land — Area 93.32 1000 ha (2024)
Cropland — Area per capita 0.02 ha/cap (2024)

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Frequently asked questions

What is shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Oman?: Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Oman was 0.36 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 Oman?: The highest recorded value was 0.49 1000 ha in 2001.
What is the lowest shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded recorded in Oman?: The lowest recorded value was 0.17 1000 ha in 2009.
How does Oman rank for shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded?: Oman ranks 212th out of 240 countries with data for 2024.
Is shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded rising or falling in Oman?: Over the last ten years it is up 38.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Oman 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
Last refreshed: 12 August 2026

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.