Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Suriname

Suriname: Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded was 24.73 1000 ha in 2024. β–Ό Falling

Latest (2024)
24.73 1000 ha
Change on year
up 35.5%
World rank
99th
of 218 countries
All-time high
51.76 1000 ha
in 2014
All-time low
16.54 1000 ha
in 2022
Years of data
24
2001–2024

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

203040502001201220242001: 31.3 1000 ha2002: 24.2 1000 ha2003: 27.4 1000 ha2004: 30.9 1000 ha2005: 26.2 1000 ha2006: 27.2 1000 ha2007: 32.1 1000 ha2008: 36.9 1000 ha2009: 44.1 1000 ha2010: 42.7 1000 ha2011: 45.2 1000 ha2012: 51.2 1000 ha2013: 49.2 1000 ha2014: 51.8 1000 ha2015: 47.2 1000 ha2016: 44 1000 ha2017: 37.2 1000 ha2018: 29.9 1000 ha2019: 27.1 1000 ha2020: 24.4 1000 ha2021: 21 1000 ha2022: 16.5 1000 ha2023: 18.2 1000 ha2024: 24.7 1000 ha

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 Suriname stood at 24.73 1000 ha.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 35.5% on the previous year and down 52.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Suriname peaked at 51.76 1000 ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 16.54 1000 ha, in 2022.

That places Suriname 99th out of 218 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.

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

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 31.15 1000 ha 24.24 1000 ha 44.11 1000 ha 9
2010s 42.54 1000 ha 27.08 1000 ha 51.76 1000 ha 10
2020s 20.98 1000 ha 16.54 1000 ha 24.73 1000 ha 5

Countries ranked near Suriname

  1. 96 Faroe Islands 27.27 1000 ha compare
  2. 97 Czechia 26.15 1000 ha compare
  3. 98 Belize 25.36 1000 ha compare
  4. 100 Sudan 23.76 1000 ha compare
  5. 101 Kyrgyz Republic 23.35 1000 ha compare
  6. 102 Honduras 21.41 1000 ha compare
  7. 102 Iraq 21.41 1000 ha compare

See the full ranking of 269 places β†’

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Frequently asked questions

What is shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Suriname?
Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Suriname was 24.73 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 Suriname?
The highest recorded value was 51.76 1000 ha in 2014.
What is the lowest shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded recorded in Suriname?
The lowest recorded value was 16.54 1000 ha in 2022.
How does Suriname rank for shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded?
Suriname ranks 99th out of 218 countries with data for 2024.
Is shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded rising or falling in Suriname?
Over the last ten years it is down 52.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Suriname 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 β€” 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 β€” 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
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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 UniversitΓ© 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.