Southern Africa vs Sweden: Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS
Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS over time
- Southern Africa
- Sweden
How they compare
Sweden currently reports 35,828 1000 ha against 10,333 1000 ha in Southern Africa, a difference of 25,495 1000 ha.
That makes Sweden's figure about 3.5 times Southern Africa's.
Across all 24 years both countries report, Sweden has been ahead every year.
Southern Africa ranks 26th and Sweden ranks 22nd of 44 regions.
Sweden has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Southern Africa | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 8,539 1000 ha | 35,845 1000 ha | 27,307 1000 ha | Sweden |
| 2010s | 9,152 1000 ha | 35,702 1000 ha | 26,549 1000 ha | Sweden |
| 2020s | 9,682 1000 ha | 35,794 1000 ha | 26,112 1000 ha | Sweden |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher tree-covered areas — area from modis, Southern Africa or Sweden?
- Sweden, at 35,828 1000 ha against 10,333 1000 ha in Southern Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in tree-covered areas — area from modis between Southern Africa and Sweden?
- 25,495 1000 ha, with Sweden ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Southern Africa and Sweden?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
- How do Southern Africa and Sweden rank globally for tree-covered areas — area from modis?
- Southern Africa ranks 26th and Sweden ranks 22nd 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
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.