Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded was 0.88 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Saudi Arabia, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Saudi Arabia recorded 0.88 1000 ha for shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in 2024.
That represents a change of down 4.3% on the previous year and up 23.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Saudi Arabia peaked at 2.16 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 0.58 1000 ha, in 2013.
That places Saudi Arabia 182nd out of 223 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 | 0.89 1000 ha | 0.64 1000 ha | 2.16 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.665 1000 ha | 0.58 1000 ha | 0.77 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.844 1000 ha | 0.77 1000 ha | 0.92 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Saudi Arabia
- 179 Singapore 1 1000 ha compare
- 180 Israel 0.97 1000 ha compare
- 181 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.9 1000 ha compare
- 183 Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha 0.81 1000 ha compare
- 183 Samoa 0.81 1000 ha compare
- 185 Grenada 0.71 1000 ha compare
- 185 Saint Lucia 0.71 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Saudi Arabia
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -52.52 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -27.86 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.424 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.58 °C (2025)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import 12.77 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import 0.0005 t per person (2024)
- Exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -8.23 Percentage change (2024)
- Exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -3.96 Percentage change (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 24.17 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Saudi Arabia?
- Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Saudi Arabia was 0.88 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 Saudi Arabia?
- The highest recorded value was 2.16 1000 ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.58 1000 ha in 2013.
- How does Saudi Arabia rank for shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded?
- Saudi Arabia ranks 182nd out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 23.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Saudi Arabia 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.