Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Australia

Australia: Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC was 76,530 1000 ha in 2022. ▬ Flat

Latest (2022)
76,530 1000 ha
Change on year
down 0.0%
World rank
10th
of 241 countries
All-time high
76,615 1000 ha
in 2020
All-time low
75,467 1000 ha
in 2003
Years of data
31
1992–2022

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

020.0k40.0k60.0k80.0k1992200720221992: 76.6k 1000 ha1993: 76.6k 1000 ha1994: 76.6k 1000 ha1995: 76.2k 1000 ha1996: 76.4k 1000 ha1997: 76.4k 1000 ha1998: 76.4k 1000 ha1999: 76.3k 1000 ha2000: 76.1k 1000 ha2001: 75.5k 1000 ha2002: 75.5k 1000 ha2003: 75.5k 1000 ha2004: 75.6k 1000 ha2005: 75.7k 1000 ha2006: 75.8k 1000 ha2007: 75.8k 1000 ha2008: 75.8k 1000 ha2009: 75.9k 1000 ha2010: 75.7k 1000 ha2011: 75.5k 1000 ha2012: 75.5k 1000 ha2013: 75.6k 1000 ha2014: 75.5k 1000 ha2015: 75.5k 1000 ha2016: 75.6k 1000 ha2017: 75.6k 1000 ha2018: 75.8k 1000 ha2019: 76.4k 1000 ha2020: 76.6k 1000 ha2021: 76.5k 1000 ha2022: 76.5k 1000 ha

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

Analysis

Australia recorded 76,530 1000 ha for tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in 2022.

The figure is up 1.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Australia peaked at 76,615 1000 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 75,467 1000 ha, in 2003.

Australia ranks 10th of 241 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 76,431 1000 ha 76,182 1000 ha 76,569 1000 ha 8
2000s 75,705 1000 ha 75,467 1000 ha 76,102 1000 ha 10
2010s 75,672 1000 ha 75,506 1000 ha 76,435 1000 ha 10
2020s 76,562 1000 ha 76,530 1000 ha 76,615 1000 ha 3

Countries ranked near Australia

  1. 7 Indonesia 117,641 1000 ha compare
  2. 8 Australia and New Zealand 84,171 1000 ha compare
  3. 9 Peru 81,843 1000 ha compare
  4. 11 Colombia 74,493 1000 ha compare
  5. 12 Angola 74,245 1000 ha compare
  6. 13 Mexico 72,332 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Australia?
Tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Australia was 76,530 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 Australia?
The highest recorded value was 76,615 1000 ha in 2020.
What is the lowest tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Australia?
The lowest recorded value was 75,467 1000 ha in 2003.
How does Australia rank for tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc?
Australia ranks 10th out of 241 countries with data for 2022.
Is tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Australia?
Over the last ten years it is up 1.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Australia 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

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.