Southern Africa vs Sudan (former): Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS

Southern Africa
10,333 1000 ha
in 2024
Sudan (former)
33,352 1000 ha
in 2011
Southern Africa rank
26th
Sudan (former) rank
23rd

Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS over time

  • Southern Africa
  • Sudan (former)
10.0k20.0k30.0k200120122024

How they compare

Sudan (former) currently reports 33,352 1000 ha against 10,333 1000 ha in Southern Africa, a difference of 23,019 1000 ha.

That makes Sudan (former)'s figure about 3.2 times Southern Africa's.

Across all 11 years both countries report, Sudan (former) has been ahead every year.

Southern Africa ranks 26th and Sudan (former) ranks 23rd of 44 regions.

Sudan (former) has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Southern Africa Sudan (former) Difference Ahead
2000s 8,539 1000 ha 32,871 1000 ha 24,333 1000 ha Sudan (former)
2010s 8,942 1000 ha 33,270 1000 ha 24,328 1000 ha Sudan (former)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher tree-covered areas — area from modis, Southern Africa or Sudan (former)?
Sudan (former), at 33,352 1000 ha against 10,333 1000 ha in Southern Africa as of 2011.
What is the difference in tree-covered areas — area from modis between Southern Africa and Sudan (former)?
23,019 1000 ha, with Sudan (former) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Southern Africa and Sudan (former)?
11 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2011.
How do Southern Africa and Sudan (former) rank globally for tree-covered areas — area from modis?
Southern Africa ranks 26th and Sudan (former) ranks 23rd of 44 regions.
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

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.