Nepal vs South Africa: Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS
Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS over time
- Nepal
- South Africa
How they compare
South Africa currently reports 9,409 1000 ha against 8,473 1000 ha in Nepal, a difference of 936 1000 ha.
That makes South Africa's figure about 1.1 times Nepal's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 24 shared years of data; in 2001 it was South Africa ahead.
Nepal ranks 59th and South Africa ranks 57th of 223 countries.
Across the 3 decades both report, Nepal averaged higher in 1 and South Africa in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Nepal | South Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 7,994 1000 ha | 7,885 1000 ha | 108.46 1000 ha | Nepal |
| 2010s | 8,217 1000 ha | 8,470 1000 ha | 253.85 1000 ha | South Africa |
| 2020s | 8,402 1000 ha | 8,839 1000 ha | 436.9 1000 ha | South Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher tree-covered areas — area from modis, Nepal or South Africa?
- South Africa, at 9,409 1000 ha against 8,473 1000 ha in Nepal as of 2024.
- What is the difference in tree-covered areas — area from modis between Nepal and South Africa?
- 936 1000 ha, with South Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Nepal and South Africa?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
- How do Nepal and South Africa rank globally for tree-covered areas — area from modis?
- Nepal ranks 59th and South Africa ranks 57th of 223 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
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.