Western Africa vs Zambia: Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS
Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS over time
- Western Africa
- Zambia
How they compare
Western Africa currently reports 96,460 1000 ha against 50,061 1000 ha in Zambia, a difference of 46,399 1000 ha.
That makes Western Africa's figure about 1.9 times Zambia's.
Across all 24 years both countries report, Western Africa has been ahead every year.
Western Africa ranks 13th and Zambia ranks 17th of 44 regions.
Western Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Western Africa | Zambia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 102,445 1000 ha | 54,354 1000 ha | 48,091 1000 ha | Western Africa |
| 2010s | 102,768 1000 ha | 53,742 1000 ha | 49,026 1000 ha | Western Africa |
| 2020s | 97,839 1000 ha | 51,169 1000 ha | 46,671 1000 ha | Western Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher tree-covered areas — area from modis, Western Africa or Zambia?
- Western Africa, at 96,460 1000 ha against 50,061 1000 ha in Zambia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in tree-covered areas — area from modis between Western Africa and Zambia?
- 46,399 1000 ha, with Western Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Western Africa and Zambia?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
- How do Western Africa and Zambia rank globally for tree-covered areas — area from modis?
- Western Africa ranks 13th and Zambia ranks 17th 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.