Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Ethiopia
Ethiopia: Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC was 25,465 1000 ha in 2022. ▲ Rising
Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Ethiopia, 1993–2022
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 Ethiopia is 25,465 1000 ha, measured in 2022. That is the highest value across all 30 years on record.
The figure is up 0.8% on the previous year and up 7.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Ethiopia peaked at 25,465 1000 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 22,154 1000 ha, in 1995.
Ethiopia ranks 25th of 224 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 30 years of available data.
Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Ethiopia, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 22,167 1000 ha | — |
| 1994 | 22,167 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 22,154 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 1996 | 22,262 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 1997 | 22,293 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 1998 | 22,309 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 1999 | 22,642 1000 ha | +1.5% |
| 2000 | 22,917 1000 ha | +1.2% |
| 2001 | 22,928 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 22,976 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 23,069 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 23,333 1000 ha | +1.1% |
| 2005 | 23,348 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 23,401 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 23,513 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 23,585 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 23,597 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 23,600 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 23,620 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 23,625 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 23,667 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 23,808 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 23,808 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 24,007 1000 ha | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 24,116 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 24,626 1000 ha | +2.1% |
| 2019 | 24,982 1000 ha | +1.4% |
| 2020 | 25,006 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 25,269 1000 ha | +1.1% |
| 2022 | 25,465 1000 ha | +0.8% |
Ethiopia compared with similar countries
- Ethiopia's 25,465 1000 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 2,674 1000 ha, 9.5× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Ethiopia's 25,465 1000 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 4,570 1000 ha, 5.6× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 22,285 1000 ha | 22,154 1000 ha | 22,642 1000 ha | 7 |
| 2000s | 23,267 1000 ha | 22,917 1000 ha | 23,597 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 23,986 1000 ha | 23,600 1000 ha | 24,982 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 25,247 1000 ha | 25,006 1000 ha | 25,465 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Ethiopia
- 22 Côte d'Ivoire 13,148 1000 ha compare
- 22 Sweden 27,702 1000 ha compare
- 23 Congo 26,955 1000 ha compare
- 24 South Sudan 25,502 1000 ha compare
- 25 Caribbean 9,734 1000 ha compare
- 26 Cabo Verde 10.63 1000 ha compare
- 26 Japan 25,112 1000 ha compare
- 27 Gabon 23,307 1000 ha compare
- 28 Finland 22,515 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Ethiopia
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.272 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.39 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 77.13 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 2.26 % 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 2.83 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Ethiopia?
- Tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Ethiopia was 25,465 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 Ethiopia?
- The highest recorded value was 25,465 1000 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Ethiopia?
- The lowest recorded value was 22,154 1000 ha in 1995.
- How does Ethiopia rank for tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc?
- Ethiopia ranks 25th out of 224 countries with data for 2022.
- Is tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Ethiopia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ethiopia 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.