Argentina vs Western Africa: Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS

Argentina
58,070 1000 ha
in 2024
Western Africa
96,460 1000 ha
in 2024
Argentina rank
16th
Western Africa rank
18th

Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS over time

  • Argentina
  • Western Africa
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How they compare

Western Africa currently reports 96,460 1000 ha against 58,070 1000 ha in Argentina, a difference of 38,390 1000 ha.

That makes Western Africa's figure about 1.7 times Argentina's.

Across all 24 years both countries report, Western Africa has been ahead every year.

Argentina ranks 16th and Western Africa ranks 18th of 240 countries.

Western Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Argentina Western Africa Difference Ahead
2000s 60,928 1000 ha 102,445 1000 ha 41,517 1000 ha Western Africa
2010s 59,334 1000 ha 102,768 1000 ha 43,434 1000 ha Western Africa
2020s 58,795 1000 ha 97,839 1000 ha 39,044 1000 ha Western Africa

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher tree-covered areas — area from modis, Argentina or Western Africa?
Western Africa, at 96,460 1000 ha against 58,070 1000 ha in Argentina as of 2024.
What is the difference in tree-covered areas — area from modis between Argentina and Western Africa?
38,390 1000 ha, with Western Africa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Argentina and Western Africa?
24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
How do Argentina and Western Africa rank globally for tree-covered areas — area from modis?
Argentina ranks 16th and Western Africa ranks 18th of 240 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Tree-covered areas — 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
Last refreshed

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.