Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC was 1,196 1000 ha in 2022. ▼ Falling
Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Afghanistan, 1992–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
In 2022, tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Afghanistan stood at 1,196 1000 ha.
The figure is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 2.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Afghanistan peaked at 1,265 1000 ha in 1994 and was at its lowest, 1,161 1000 ha, in 2008.
That places Afghanistan 115th out of 224 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 31 years of available data.
Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Afghanistan, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 1,265 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 1,265 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 1,265 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 1,243 1000 ha | -1.8% |
| 1996 | 1,242 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1997 | 1,242 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1998 | 1,242 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1999 | 1,243 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2000 | 1,229 1000 ha | -1.1% |
| 2001 | 1,198 1000 ha | -2.5% |
| 2002 | 1,186 1000 ha | -1.0% |
| 2003 | 1,174 1000 ha | -1.0% |
| 2004 | 1,168 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2005 | 1,166 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 1,163 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2007 | 1,162 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 1,161 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2009 | 1,164 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 1,163 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 1,163 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 1,163 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2013 | 1,164 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 1,166 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 1,167 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 1,168 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 1,171 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 1,172 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 1,183 1000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 1,184 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 1,191 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 1,196 1000 ha | +0.4% |
Afghanistan compared with similar countries
- Afghanistan's 1,196 1000 ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 2,674 1000 ha, 45% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Afghanistan's 1,196 1000 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 67.14 1000 ha, 17.8× the median. (21 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1,251 1000 ha | 1,242 1000 ha | 1,265 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 1,177 1000 ha | 1,161 1000 ha | 1,229 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,168 1000 ha | 1,163 1000 ha | 1,183 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,190 1000 ha | 1,184 1000 ha | 1,196 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Afghanistan
- 112 Azerbaijan 1,247 1000 ha compare
- 113 New Caledonia 1,214 1000 ha compare
- 114 Slovenia 1,200 1000 ha compare
- 116 Vanuatu 1,125 1000 ha compare
- 117 North Macedonia 1,104 1000 ha compare
- 118 Bangladesh 920.88 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Afghanistan
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -19.95 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -17.12 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.547 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.96 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate -100 % change on previous year (1990)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 1.85 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate 0.7636 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Afghanistan?
- Tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Afghanistan was 1,196 1000 ha in 2022, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Afghanistan?
- The highest recorded value was 1,265 1000 ha in 1994.
- What is the lowest tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Afghanistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,161 1000 ha in 2008.
- How does Afghanistan rank for tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc?
- Afghanistan ranks 115th out of 224 countries with data for 2022.
- Is tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Afghanistan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Afghanistan data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.