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

Over the last ten years it is up 26.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.

Where does this Palau 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 Palau

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

Palau: Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded was 0.43 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)

0.43 1000 ha

Change on year

up 34.4%

World rank

191st

of 218 countries

All-time high

0.51 1000 ha

in 2002

All-time low

0.26 1000 ha

in 2011

Years of data

2001–2024

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

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

Analysis

Palau recorded 0.43 1000 ha for shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in 2024.

That represents a change of up 34.4% on the previous year and up 26.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Palau peaked at 0.51 1000 ha in 2002 and was at its lowest, 0.26 1000 ha, in 2011.

Palau ranks 191st of 218 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

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

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
2000s	0.4033 1000 ha	0.28 1000 ha	0.51 1000 ha	9
2010s	0.296 1000 ha	0.26 1000 ha	0.34 1000 ha	10
2020s	0.338 1000 ha	0.3 1000 ha	0.43 1000 ha	5

Countries ranked near Palau

188 Equatorial Guinea 0.6 1000 ha compare
189 Malta 0.52 1000 ha compare
190 Yemen 0.47 1000 ha compare
192 United States Minor Outlying Islands 0.41 1000 ha compare
193 Barbados 0.36 1000 ha compare
193 Oman 0.36 1000 ha compare

See the full ranking of 269 places →

More environment data for Palau

Standard Deviation 0.167 °C (2025)
Temperature change 1.05 °C (2025)
Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 6.98 % (2024)
Cropland — Share in Land area 5 % (2024)
Cropland — Area per capita 0.13 ha/cap (2024)
Arable land — Area 0.3 1000 ha (2024)
Permanent crops — Area 2 1000 ha (2024)
Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 2 1000 ha (2024)
Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 46.51 % (2024)
Cropland — Share in Agricultural land 53.49 % (2024)

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Frequently asked questions

What is shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Palau?: Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Palau was 0.43 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 Palau?: The highest recorded value was 0.51 1000 ha in 2002.
What is the lowest shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded recorded in Palau?: The lowest recorded value was 0.26 1000 ha in 2011.
How does Palau rank for shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded?: Palau ranks 191st out of 218 countries with data for 2024.
Is shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded rising or falling in Palau?: Over the last ten years it is up 26.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Palau 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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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.