Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in World
World: Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded was 120,228 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in World, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
World recorded 120,228 1000 ha for shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in 2024.
That represents a change of up 3.5% on the previous year and up 0.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in World peaked at 234,694 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 114,537 1000 ha, in 2022.
That places World 1st out of 26 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
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 World, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 234,694 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 156,289 1000 ha | -33.4% |
| 2003 | 141,470 1000 ha | -9.5% |
| 2004 | 138,276 1000 ha | -2.3% |
| 2005 | 130,901 1000 ha | -5.3% |
| 2006 | 126,232 1000 ha | -3.6% |
| 2007 | 126,862 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 128,546 1000 ha | +1.3% |
| 2009 | 127,892 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2010 | 124,828 1000 ha | -2.4% |
| 2011 | 121,141 1000 ha | -3.0% |
| 2012 | 118,245 1000 ha | -2.4% |
| 2013 | 116,972 1000 ha | -1.1% |
| 2014 | 119,607 1000 ha | +2.3% |
| 2015 | 123,079 1000 ha | +2.9% |
| 2016 | 124,428 1000 ha | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 124,367 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 123,667 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 121,168 1000 ha | -2.0% |
| 2020 | 120,460 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2021 | 117,818 1000 ha | -2.2% |
| 2022 | 114,537 1000 ha | -2.8% |
| 2023 | 116,108 1000 ha | +1.4% |
| 2024 | 120,228 1000 ha | +3.5% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in World changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | -33.4% | 234,694 1000 ha | 156,289 1000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 145,685 1000 ha | 126,232 1000 ha | 234,694 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 121,750 1000 ha | 116,972 1000 ha | 124,828 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 117,830 1000 ha | 114,537 1000 ha | 120,460 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near World
More environment data for World
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -3.5 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -2.99 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.208 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.88 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 4.53 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 1.27 % 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 0.2123 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in World?
- Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in World was 120,228 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 World?
- The highest recorded value was 234,694 1000 ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded recorded in World?
- The lowest recorded value was 114,537 1000 ha in 2022.
- How does World rank for shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded?
- World ranks 1st out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded rising or falling in World?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this World 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.