Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Southern Asia
Southern Asia: Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded was 1,980 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Southern Asia, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Southern Asia is 1,980 1000 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 0.7% on the previous year and up 29.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Southern Asia peaked at 2,188 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 1,167 1000 ha, in 2009.
Southern Asia ranks 14th of 26 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Southern Asia, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 2,188 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 1,660 1000 ha | -24.2% |
| 2003 | 1,465 1000 ha | -11.7% |
| 2004 | 1,386 1000 ha | -5.4% |
| 2005 | 1,243 1000 ha | -10.3% |
| 2006 | 1,201 1000 ha | -3.4% |
| 2007 | 1,215 1000 ha | +1.2% |
| 2008 | 1,176 1000 ha | -3.2% |
| 2009 | 1,167 1000 ha | -0.7% |
| 2010 | 1,201 1000 ha | +2.9% |
| 2011 | 1,310 1000 ha | +9.1% |
| 2012 | 1,387 1000 ha | +5.9% |
| 2013 | 1,446 1000 ha | +4.2% |
| 2014 | 1,528 1000 ha | +5.7% |
| 2015 | 1,626 1000 ha | +6.4% |
| 2016 | 1,689 1000 ha | +3.9% |
| 2017 | 1,731 1000 ha | +2.5% |
| 2018 | 1,780 1000 ha | +2.8% |
| 2019 | 1,774 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 1,891 1000 ha | +6.6% |
| 2021 | 1,925 1000 ha | +1.8% |
| 2022 | 1,900 1000 ha | -1.3% |
| 2023 | 1,994 1000 ha | +4.9% |
| 2024 | 1,980 1000 ha | -0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1,411 1000 ha | 1,167 1000 ha | 2,188 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 1,547 1000 ha | 1,201 1000 ha | 1,780 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,938 1000 ha | 1,891 1000 ha | 1,994 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Southern Asia
- 11 South Sudan 992.34 1000 ha compare
- 12 Norway 858.12 1000 ha compare
- 13 Kazakhstan 827.54 1000 ha compare
- 14 Zambia 746.6 1000 ha compare
- 15 Bangladesh 735.38 1000 ha compare
- 16 Indonesia 545.31 1000 ha compare
- 17 Greenland 540.86 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Southern Asia
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 0.4009 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 6.69 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.274 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.44 °C (2025)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 15.39 million t (2024)
- Recovered paper — Production 8.45 million t (2024)
- Cropland — Area 238,515 1000 ha (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per capita 1.52 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 4.25 g/Int$ (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Southern Asia?
- Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Southern Asia was 1,980 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 Southern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 2,188 1000 ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded recorded in Southern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,167 1000 ha in 2009.
- How does Southern Asia rank for shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded?
- Southern Asia ranks 14th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded rising or falling in Southern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 29.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Southern Asia 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.