Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Asia

Asia: Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC was 562,573 1000 ha in 2022. ▬ Flat

Latest (2022)
562,573 1000 ha
Change on year
up 0.3%
Rank
1st
of 20 groups
All-time high
567,194 1000 ha
in 1994
All-time low
556,020 1000 ha
in 2014
Years of data
31
1992–2022

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

0200.0k400.0k600.0k1992200720221992: 567.1k 1000 ha1993: 567.2k 1000 ha1994: 567.2k 1000 ha1995: 564.1k 1000 ha1996: 564.6k 1000 ha1997: 564.1k 1000 ha1998: 562.7k 1000 ha1999: 561.1k 1000 ha2000: 561.5k 1000 ha2001: 560.8k 1000 ha2002: 560.1k 1000 ha2003: 560.1k 1000 ha2004: 560.7k 1000 ha2005: 560.2k 1000 ha2006: 559.7k 1000 ha2007: 559.3k 1000 ha2008: 558.7k 1000 ha2009: 558.4k 1000 ha2010: 557.6k 1000 ha2011: 556.9k 1000 ha2012: 556.2k 1000 ha2013: 556.0k 1000 ha2014: 556.0k 1000 ha2015: 556.1k 1000 ha2016: 558.4k 1000 ha2017: 559.1k 1000 ha2018: 559.2k 1000 ha2019: 560.1k 1000 ha2020: 560.3k 1000 ha2021: 561.1k 1000 ha2022: 562.6k 1000 ha

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

Analysis

Asia recorded 562,573 1000 ha for tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in 2022.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 1.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Asia peaked at 567,194 1000 ha in 1994 and was at its lowest, 556,020 1000 ha, in 2014.

That places Asia 1st out of 20 groups with data for 2022, putting it in the top 10%.

Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Asia, year by year

Annual values for Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Asia, 1992 to 2022.
Year 1000 ha Change
1992 567,135 1000 ha —
1993 567,165 1000 ha +0.0%
1994 567,194 1000 ha +0.0%
1995 564,134 1000 ha -0.5%
1996 564,633 1000 ha +0.1%
1997 564,075 1000 ha -0.1%
1998 562,676 1000 ha -0.2%
1999 561,057 1000 ha -0.3%
2000 561,512 1000 ha +0.1%
2001 560,810 1000 ha -0.1%
2002 560,081 1000 ha -0.1%
2003 560,087 1000 ha +0.0%
2004 560,748 1000 ha +0.1%
2005 560,195 1000 ha -0.1%
2006 559,728 1000 ha -0.1%
2007 559,257 1000 ha -0.1%
2008 558,687 1000 ha -0.1%
2009 558,352 1000 ha -0.1%
2010 557,648 1000 ha -0.1%
2011 556,929 1000 ha -0.1%
2012 556,192 1000 ha -0.1%
2013 556,048 1000 ha -0.0%
2014 556,020 1000 ha -0.0%
2015 556,103 1000 ha +0.0%
2016 558,369 1000 ha +0.4%
2017 559,071 1000 ha +0.1%
2018 559,228 1000 ha +0.0%
2019 560,099 1000 ha +0.2%
2020 560,275 1000 ha +0.0%
2021 561,138 1000 ha +0.2%
2022 562,573 1000 ha +0.3%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 564,759 1000 ha 561,057 1000 ha 567,194 1000 ha 8
2000s 559,946 1000 ha 558,352 1000 ha 561,512 1000 ha 10
2010s 557,571 1000 ha 556,020 1000 ha 560,099 1000 ha 10
2020s 561,329 1000 ha 560,275 1000 ha 562,573 1000 ha 3

Countries ranked near Asia

  1. 1 Russian Federation 939,327 1000 ha compare
  2. 2 Brazil 439,088 1000 ha compare
  3. 3 Canada 436,843 1000 ha compare
  4. 3 Democratic Republic of the Congo 185,074 1000 ha compare
  5. 4 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 57,532 1000 ha compare
  6. 4 China 188,821 1000 ha compare

See the full ranking of 270 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Asia?
Tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Asia was 562,573 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 Asia?
The highest recorded value was 567,194 1000 ha in 1994.
What is the lowest tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Asia?
The lowest recorded value was 556,020 1000 ha in 2014.
How does Asia rank for tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc?
Asia ranks 1st out of 20 groups with data for 2022.
Is tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Asia?
Over the last ten years it is up 1.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Asia 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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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
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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.