South Sudan vs Western Europe: Tree-covered areas β€” Area from MODIS

South Sudan
37,531 1000 ha
in 2024
Western Europe
53,660 1000 ha
in 2024
South Sudan rank
21st
Western Europe rank
19th

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

  • South Sudan
  • Western Europe
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How they compare

Western Europe currently reports 53,660 1000 ha against 37,531 1000 ha in South Sudan, a difference of 16,129 1000 ha.

That makes Western Europe's figure about 1.4 times South Sudan's.

Across all 13 years both countries report, Western Europe has been ahead every year.

South Sudan ranks 21st and Western Europe ranks 19th of 223 countries.

Western Europe has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade South Sudan Western Europe Difference Ahead
2010s 33,767 1000 ha 53,536 1000 ha 19,770 1000 ha Western Europe
2020s 36,754 1000 ha 53,703 1000 ha 16,948 1000 ha Western Europe

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher tree-covered areas β€” area from modis, South Sudan or Western Europe?
Western Europe, at 53,660 1000 ha against 37,531 1000 ha in South Sudan as of 2024.
What is the difference in tree-covered areas β€” area from modis between South Sudan and Western Europe?
16,129 1000 ha, with Western Europe ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for South Sudan and Western Europe?
13 years are reported by both, from 2012 to 2024.
How do South Sudan and Western Europe rank globally for tree-covered areas β€” area from modis?
South Sudan ranks 21st and Western Europe ranks 19th of 223 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.