Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Bhutan
Bhutan: Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC was 3,018 1000 ha in 2022. ▲ Rising
Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Bhutan, 1992–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Bhutan is 3,018 1000 ha, measured in 2022.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and down 0.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Bhutan peaked at 3,022 1000 ha in 2017 and was at its lowest, 2,862 1000 ha, in 1995.
That places Bhutan 82nd out of 224 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 31 years of available data.
Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Bhutan, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 2,863 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 2,863 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 2,863 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 2,862 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1996 | 2,873 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 1997 | 2,876 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 1998 | 2,894 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 1999 | 2,931 1000 ha | +1.3% |
| 2000 | 2,980 1000 ha | +1.7% |
| 2001 | 2,984 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 2,991 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 2,998 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 3,007 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 3,012 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 3,014 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 3,017 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 3,018 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 3,018 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2010 | 3,018 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 3,020 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 3,019 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2013 | 3,019 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 3,019 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 3,019 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 3,021 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 3,022 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 3,021 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2019 | 3,019 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 3,016 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 3,016 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 3,018 1000 ha | +0.1% |
Bhutan compared with similar countries
- Bhutan's 3,018 1000 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 2,523 1000 ha, 1.2× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Bhutan's 3,018 1000 ha is above the median for South Asia, which is 2,420 1000 ha, 1.2× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2,878 1000 ha | 2,862 1000 ha | 2,931 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 3,004 1000 ha | 2,980 1000 ha | 3,018 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,020 1000 ha | 3,018 1000 ha | 3,022 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,017 1000 ha | 3,016 1000 ha | 3,018 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Bhutan
More environment data for Bhutan
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 0.2782 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 0.5977 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.257 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.08 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.487 % 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 -5.53 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Bhutan?
- Tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Bhutan was 3,018 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 Bhutan?
- The highest recorded value was 3,022 1000 ha in 2017.
- What is the lowest tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Bhutan?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,862 1000 ha in 1995.
- How does Bhutan rank for tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc?
- Bhutan ranks 82nd out of 224 countries with data for 2022.
- Is tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Bhutan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bhutan 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.