Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Vanuatu
Vanuatu: Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded was 2.55 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Vanuatu, 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 Vanuatu stood at 2.55 1000 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 8.5% on the previous year and up 2.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Vanuatu peaked at 4.77 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 2.35 1000 ha, in 2022.
That places Vanuatu 153rd out of 223 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.
Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Vanuatu, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 4.77 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 2.93 1000 ha | -38.6% |
| 2003 | 2.61 1000 ha | -10.9% |
| 2004 | 3.04 1000 ha | +16.5% |
| 2005 | 3.06 1000 ha | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 3.68 1000 ha | +20.3% |
| 2007 | 3.89 1000 ha | +5.7% |
| 2008 | 3.47 1000 ha | -10.8% |
| 2009 | 3.34 1000 ha | -3.7% |
| 2010 | 3.25 1000 ha | -2.7% |
| 2011 | 2.95 1000 ha | -9.2% |
| 2012 | 2.7 1000 ha | -8.5% |
| 2013 | 2.76 1000 ha | +2.2% |
| 2014 | 2.5 1000 ha | -9.4% |
| 2015 | 3.21 1000 ha | +28.4% |
| 2016 | 3.32 1000 ha | +3.4% |
| 2017 | 2.91 1000 ha | -12.3% |
| 2018 | 2.78 1000 ha | -4.5% |
| 2019 | 3.1 1000 ha | +11.5% |
| 2020 | 4.06 1000 ha | +31.0% |
| 2021 | 3.83 1000 ha | -5.7% |
| 2022 | 2.35 1000 ha | -38.6% |
| 2023 | 2.35 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 2.55 1000 ha | +8.5% |
Vanuatu compared with similar countries
- Vanuatu's 2.55 1000 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 21.41 1000 ha, 12% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Vanuatu's 2.55 1000 ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 11.5 1000 ha, 22% of the median. (27 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3.42 1000 ha | 2.61 1000 ha | 4.77 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 2.95 1000 ha | 2.5 1000 ha | 3.32 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.03 1000 ha | 2.35 1000 ha | 4.06 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Vanuatu
- 150 Cayman Islands 2.8 1000 ha compare
- 151 Isle of Man 2.76 1000 ha compare
- 152 British Virgin Islands 2.67 1000 ha compare
- 154 Lebanon 2.47 1000 ha compare
- 155 Lesotho 2.36 1000 ha compare
- 156 Brunei Darussalam 2.24 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Vanuatu
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 2.29 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 1.46 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.225 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.02 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 1.53 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate -2.35 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Vanuatu?
- Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Vanuatu was 2.55 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 Vanuatu?
- The highest recorded value was 4.77 1000 ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded recorded in Vanuatu?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.35 1000 ha in 2022.
- How does Vanuatu rank for shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded?
- Vanuatu ranks 153rd out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded rising or falling in Vanuatu?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Vanuatu 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.