Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Western Asia
Western Asia: Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded was 669.24 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Western Asia, 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 Western Asia stood at 669.24 1000 ha.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 33.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Western Asia peaked at 954 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 341.68 1000 ha, in 2004.
That places Western Asia 19th out of 26 groups with data for 2024, putting it 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 Western Asia, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 954 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 451.33 1000 ha | -52.7% |
| 2003 | 358.61 1000 ha | -20.5% |
| 2004 | 341.68 1000 ha | -4.7% |
| 2005 | 354.88 1000 ha | +3.9% |
| 2006 | 379.91 1000 ha | +7.1% |
| 2007 | 419.02 1000 ha | +10.3% |
| 2008 | 386.97 1000 ha | -7.6% |
| 2009 | 352.76 1000 ha | -8.8% |
| 2010 | 357.64 1000 ha | +1.4% |
| 2011 | 389.85 1000 ha | +9.0% |
| 2012 | 429.34 1000 ha | +10.1% |
| 2013 | 467.82 1000 ha | +9.0% |
| 2014 | 501.42 1000 ha | +7.2% |
| 2015 | 466.09 1000 ha | -7.0% |
| 2016 | 514.16 1000 ha | +10.3% |
| 2017 | 522.16 1000 ha | +1.6% |
| 2018 | 481.74 1000 ha | -7.7% |
| 2019 | 550.61 1000 ha | +14.3% |
| 2020 | 645.93 1000 ha | +17.3% |
| 2021 | 650.15 1000 ha | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 555.99 1000 ha | -14.5% |
| 2023 | 667.18 1000 ha | +20.0% |
| 2024 | 669.24 1000 ha | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 444.35 1000 ha | 341.68 1000 ha | 954 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 468.08 1000 ha | 357.64 1000 ha | 550.61 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 637.7 1000 ha | 555.99 1000 ha | 669.24 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Asia
More environment data for Western Asia
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.404 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.7 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 5.50 million t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 5.65 million t (2024)
- Value Added Deflator (Agriculture, forestry and fishery) — Value US$ 106.1 USD (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Agricultural Use 386,319 t (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per area of cropland 8.43 kg/ha (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per capita 1.25 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 2.95 g/Int$ (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Western Asia?
- Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Western Asia was 669.24 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 Western Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 954 1000 ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded recorded in Western Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 341.68 1000 ha in 2004.
- How does Western Asia rank for shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded?
- Western Asia ranks 19th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded rising or falling in Western Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 33.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Western 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.