Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in South America
South America: Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded was 8,174 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in South America, 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 South America stood at 8,174 1000 ha.
The figure is up 3.1% on the previous year and down 7.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in South America peaked at 18,411 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 7,453 1000 ha, in 2022.
South America ranks 6th of 26 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
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 South America, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 18,411 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 12,165 1000 ha | -33.9% |
| 2003 | 10,206 1000 ha | -16.1% |
| 2004 | 8,961 1000 ha | -12.2% |
| 2005 | 8,366 1000 ha | -6.6% |
| 2006 | 7,786 1000 ha | -6.9% |
| 2007 | 8,156 1000 ha | +4.7% |
| 2008 | 8,146 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 8,213 1000 ha | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 8,690 1000 ha | +5.8% |
| 2011 | 8,934 1000 ha | +2.8% |
| 2012 | 8,744 1000 ha | -2.1% |
| 2013 | 8,683 1000 ha | -0.7% |
| 2014 | 8,870 1000 ha | +2.1% |
| 2015 | 9,320 1000 ha | +5.1% |
| 2016 | 10,094 1000 ha | +8.3% |
| 2017 | 10,028 1000 ha | -0.7% |
| 2018 | 9,817 1000 ha | -2.1% |
| 2019 | 9,747 1000 ha | -0.7% |
| 2020 | 9,037 1000 ha | -7.3% |
| 2021 | 8,190 1000 ha | -9.4% |
| 2022 | 7,453 1000 ha | -9.0% |
| 2023 | 7,927 1000 ha | +6.4% |
| 2024 | 8,174 1000 ha | +3.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 10,046 1000 ha | 7,786 1000 ha | 18,411 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 9,293 1000 ha | 8,683 1000 ha | 10,094 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 8,156 1000 ha | 7,453 1000 ha | 9,037 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near South America
More environment data for South America
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -6.52 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -4.98 Percentage change (2025)
- Temperature change 1.23 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.218 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Total fibre furnish — Production, annual growth rate 4.24 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import value, annual growth rate 7.63 % change on previous year (2024)
- Graphic papers — Import quantity, annual growth rate 8.6 % change on previous year (2024)
- Graphic papers — Import value, annual growth rate -5.4 % change on previous year (2024)
- Newsprint — Import quantity, gaps filled 107,789 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in South America?
- Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in South America was 8,174 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 South America?
- The highest recorded value was 18,411 1000 ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,453 1000 ha in 2022.
- How does South America rank for shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded?
- South America ranks 6th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this South 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.