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

Zimbabwe: Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded was 43.87 1000 ha in 2024. β–Ό Falling

Latest (2024)
43.87 1000 ha
Change on year
down 5.0%
World rank
90th
of 240 countries
All-time high
73.99 1000 ha
in 2001
All-time low
32.46 1000 ha
in 2016
Years of data
24
2001–2024

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

0204060802001201220242001: 74 1000 ha2002: 48 1000 ha2003: 39.6 1000 ha2004: 37.7 1000 ha2005: 32.9 1000 ha2006: 37.1 1000 ha2007: 37.2 1000 ha2008: 37.4 1000 ha2009: 40 1000 ha2010: 41.8 1000 ha2011: 42.8 1000 ha2012: 38.9 1000 ha2013: 36.2 1000 ha2014: 35.8 1000 ha2015: 35.5 1000 ha2016: 32.5 1000 ha2017: 34.5 1000 ha2018: 36.7 1000 ha2019: 33.3 1000 ha2020: 32.7 1000 ha2021: 35.4 1000 ha2022: 41.5 1000 ha2023: 46.2 1000 ha2024: 43.9 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 Zimbabwe stood at 43.87 1000 ha.

That represents a change of down 5.0% on the previous year and up 22.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Zimbabwe peaked at 73.99 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 32.46 1000 ha, in 2016.

Zimbabwe ranks 90th of 240 countries on this measure, 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 42.65 1000 ha 32.87 1000 ha 73.99 1000 ha 9
2010s 36.8 1000 ha 32.46 1000 ha 42.81 1000 ha 10
2020s 39.93 1000 ha 32.74 1000 ha 46.2 1000 ha 5

Countries ranked near Zimbabwe

  1. 87 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 48.87 1000 ha compare
  2. 88 Bulgaria 46.79 1000 ha compare
  3. 89 Nicaragua 44.74 1000 ha compare
  4. 91 Guinea 39.27 1000 ha compare
  5. 92 Estonia 37.96 1000 ha compare
  6. 93 Belarus 36.77 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 Zimbabwe?
Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Zimbabwe was 43.87 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 Zimbabwe?
The highest recorded value was 73.99 1000 ha in 2001.
What is the lowest shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded recorded in Zimbabwe?
The lowest recorded value was 32.46 1000 ha in 2016.
How does Zimbabwe rank for shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded?
Zimbabwe ranks 90th out of 240 countries with data for 2024.
Is shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
Over the last ten years it is up 22.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Zimbabwe 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.