Northern Africa vs Papua New Guinea: Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS
Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS over time
- Northern Africa
- Papua New Guinea
How they compare
Papua New Guinea currently reports 43,688 1000 ha against 3,294 1000 ha in Northern Africa, a difference of 40,394 1000 ha.
That makes Papua New Guinea's figure about 13.3 times Northern Africa's.
Across all 24 years both countries report, Papua New Guinea has been ahead every year.
Northern Africa ranks 24th and Papua New Guinea ranks 19th of 26 groups.
Papua New Guinea has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Northern Africa | Papua New Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 34,968 1000 ha | 43,496 1000 ha | 8,529 1000 ha | Papua New Guinea |
| 2010s | 9,798 1000 ha | 43,616 1000 ha | 33,817 1000 ha | Papua New Guinea |
| 2020s | 3,266 1000 ha | 43,575 1000 ha | 40,309 1000 ha | Papua New Guinea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher tree-covered areas — area from modis, Northern Africa or Papua New Guinea?
- Papua New Guinea, at 43,688 1000 ha against 3,294 1000 ha in Northern Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in tree-covered areas — area from modis between Northern Africa and Papua New Guinea?
- 40,394 1000 ha, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Northern Africa and Papua New Guinea?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
- How do Northern Africa and Papua New Guinea rank globally for tree-covered areas — area from modis?
- Northern Africa ranks 24th and Papua New Guinea ranks 19th of 26 groups.
- 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.