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

Samoa ranks 199th out of 240 countries with data for 2024.

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

Over the last ten years it is down 40.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.

Where does this Samoa 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 Samoa

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

Samoa: Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded was 0.81 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)

0.81 1000 ha

Change on year

down 12.0%

World rank

199th

of 240 countries

All-time high

1.65 1000 ha

in 2012

All-time low

0.81 1000 ha

in 2024

Years of data

2001–2024

Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Samoa, 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 Samoa stood at 0.81 1000 ha. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.

That represents a change of down 12.0% on the previous year and down 40.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Samoa peaked at 1.65 1000 ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 0.81 1000 ha, in 2024.

That places Samoa 199th out of 240 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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	1.32 1000 ha	1.15 1000 ha	1.52 1000 ha	9
2010s	1.4 1000 ha	1.18 1000 ha	1.65 1000 ha	10
2020s	0.996 1000 ha	0.81 1000 ha	1.2 1000 ha	5

Countries ranked near Samoa

196 Israel 0.97 1000 ha compare
197 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.9 1000 ha compare
198 Saudi Arabia 0.88 1000 ha compare
199 Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha 0.81 1000 ha compare
201 Grenada 0.71 1000 ha compare
201 Saint Lucia 0.71 1000 ha compare

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More environment data for Samoa

Inland waters — Area 1 1000 ha (2024)
Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 2.31 % (2024)
Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 12.97 % (2024)
Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 6.41 1000 ha (2024)
Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 64.18 % (2024)
Permanent crops — Area 31.71 1000 ha (2024)
Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 22.85 % (2024)
Arable land — Area 11.29 1000 ha (2024)
Cropland — Area per capita 0.2 ha/cap (2024)
Cropland — Share in Land area 15.47 % (2024)

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Frequently asked questions

What is shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Samoa?: Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Samoa was 0.81 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 Samoa?: The highest recorded value was 1.65 1000 ha in 2012.
What is the lowest shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded recorded in Samoa?: The lowest recorded value was 0.81 1000 ha in 2024.
How does Samoa rank for shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded?: Samoa ranks 199th out of 240 countries with data for 2024.
Is shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded rising or falling in Samoa?: Over the last ten years it is down 40.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Samoa 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.