Norway vs United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS

Norway
13,486 1000 ha
in 2024
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
12,772 1000 ha
in 2024
Norway rank
45th
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland rank
48th

Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS over time

  • Norway
  • United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
05.0k10.0k15.0k200120122024

How they compare

Norway currently reports 13,486 1000 ha against 12,772 1000 ha in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, a difference of 714 1000 ha.

That makes Norway's figure about 1.1 times United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland's.

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

Norway ranks 45th and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ranks 48th of 223 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Norway United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Difference Ahead
2000s 14,029 1000 ha 13,030 1000 ha 998.94 1000 ha Norway
2010s 13,282 1000 ha 12,358 1000 ha 923.96 1000 ha Norway
2020s 13,428 1000 ha 12,388 1000 ha 1,040 1000 ha Norway

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher tree-covered areas — area from modis, Norway or United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
Norway, at 13,486 1000 ha against 12,772 1000 ha in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland as of 2024.
What is the difference in tree-covered areas — area from modis between Norway and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
714 1000 ha, with Norway ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Norway and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
How do Norway and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland rank globally for tree-covered areas — area from modis?
Norway ranks 45th and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ranks 48th 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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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.