Kyrgyzstan Subnational NDVI: Dekadal Vegetation Indices and Anomalies

Kyrgyzstan dekadal NDVI indicators aggregated by sub-national administrative units, produced by the World Food Programme. The data utilizes NASA MODIS collection 6.1 satellite imagery to track vegetation health and anomalies through 2026.

Use Cases

• Monitoring agricultural drought by analyzing the viq (NDVI anomaly) column
• Assessing seasonal vegetation trends using the vim and vim_lta comparison
• Evaluating regional environmental health using the n_pixels count as a data quality indicator

Strengths

• Uses NASA MODIS collection 6.1 satellite data
• Includes standardized Pcode references for administrative units
• Provides pre-calculated long-term averages (vim_lta) for baseline comparison

Limitations

• Aggregated at the administrative level, masking localized vegetation variations
• Accuracy is dependent on cloud-free satellite observations

Provenance

Source

World Food Programme (WFP)

Collection Method

Satellite sensor aggregation

Freshness

Updated through March 2026; dekadal frequency.

Geography

Kyrgyzstan