Colombia vs Northern America: Tree-covered areas β€” Area from MODIS

Colombia
101,965 1000 ha
in 2024
Northern America
844,633 1000 ha
in 2024
Colombia rank
7th
Northern America rank
3rd

Tree-covered areas β€” Area from MODIS over time

  • Colombia
  • Northern America
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How they compare

Northern America currently reports 844,633 1000 ha against 101,965 1000 ha in Colombia, a difference of 742,668 1000 ha.

That makes Northern America's figure about 8.3 times Colombia's.

Across all 24 years both countries report, Northern America has been ahead every year.

Colombia ranks 7th and Northern America ranks 3rd of 218 countries.

Northern America has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Colombia Northern America Difference Ahead
2000s 101,377 1000 ha 825,555 1000 ha 724,179 1000 ha Northern America
2010s 101,027 1000 ha 834,590 1000 ha 733,563 1000 ha Northern America
2020s 100,744 1000 ha 841,523 1000 ha 740,778 1000 ha Northern America

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher tree-covered areas β€” area from modis, Colombia or Northern America?
Northern America, at 844,633 1000 ha against 101,965 1000 ha in Colombia as of 2024.
What is the difference in tree-covered areas β€” area from modis between Colombia and Northern America?
742,668 1000 ha, with Northern America ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Colombia and Northern America?
24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
How do Colombia and Northern America rank globally for tree-covered areas β€” area from modis?
Colombia ranks 7th and Northern America ranks 3rd of 218 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Tree-covered areas β€” 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 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
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 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.