What is tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Americas?

Tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Americas was 1.68 million 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 Americas?

The highest recorded value was 1.74 million 1000 ha in 1992.

What is the lowest tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Americas?

The lowest recorded value was 1.68 million 1000 ha in 2020.

How does Americas rank for tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc?

Americas ranks 2nd out of 29 groups with data for 2022.

Is tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Americas?

Over the last ten years it is down 0.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.

Where does this Americas 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.

Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Americas

Name: Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Americas
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)

Americas: Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC was 1.68 million 1000 ha in 2022. ▬ Flat

Latest (2022)

1.68 million 1000 ha

Change on year

up 0.1%

Rank

2nd

of 29 groups

All-time high

1.74 million 1000 ha

in 1992

All-time low

1.68 million 1000 ha

in 2020

Years of data

1992–2022

Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Americas, 1992–2022

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.

Analysis

Americas recorded 1.68 million 1000 ha for tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in 2022.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and down 0.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Americas peaked at 1.74 million 1000 ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 1.68 million 1000 ha, in 2020.

Americas ranks 2nd of 29 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1990s	1.73 million 1000 ha	1.72 million 1000 ha	1.74 million 1000 ha	8
2000s	1.71 million 1000 ha	1.70 million 1000 ha	1.72 million 1000 ha	10
2010s	1.69 million 1000 ha	1.68 million 1000 ha	1.70 million 1000 ha	10
2020s	1.68 million 1000 ha	1.68 million 1000 ha	1.68 million 1000 ha	3

Countries ranked near Americas

1 Russian Federation 939,327 1000 ha compare
2 Brazil 439,088 1000 ha compare
3 Canada 436,843 1000 ha compare
4 China 188,821 1000 ha compare
5 China, mainland 186,559 1000 ha compare

See the full ranking of 270 places →

More environment data for Americas

Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per capita 14.92 kg/cap (2024)
Cropland — Area per capita 0.36 ha/cap (2024)
Arable land — Area 347,983 1000 ha (2024)
Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 31.51 % (2024)
Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 16.06 g/Int$ (2024)
Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Agricultural Use 15.65 million t (2024)
Permanent crops — Area 29,878 1000 ha (2024)
Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity 19.01 million t (2024)
Country area — Area 4.65 million 1000 ha (2024)
Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per area of cropland 41.48 kg/ha (2024)

All data for Americas →

Frequently asked questions

What is tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Americas?: Tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Americas was 1.68 million 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 Americas?: The highest recorded value was 1.74 million 1000 ha in 1992.
What is the lowest tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Americas?: The lowest recorded value was 1.68 million 1000 ha in 2020.
How does Americas rank for tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc?: Americas ranks 2nd out of 29 groups with data for 2022.
Is tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Americas?: Over the last ten years it is down 0.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Americas 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

Indicator: Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC
Unit: 1000 ha
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage: 270 places, 8,231 data points, 1992–2022
Last refreshed: 12 August 2026

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.