Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Europe

Europe: Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC was 1.13 million 1000 ha in 2022. ▬ Flat

Latest (2022)
1.13 million 1000 ha
Change on year
down 0.1%
Rank
3rd
of 29 groups
All-time high
1.16 million 1000 ha
in 1995
All-time low
1.13 million 1000 ha
in 2022
Years of data
31
1992–2022

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

0250.0k500.0k750.0k1.0M1.2M1992200720221992: 1.2M 1000 ha1993: 1.2M 1000 ha1994: 1.2M 1000 ha1995: 1.2M 1000 ha1996: 1.2M 1000 ha1997: 1.2M 1000 ha1998: 1.2M 1000 ha1999: 1.2M 1000 ha2000: 1.2M 1000 ha2001: 1.2M 1000 ha2002: 1.2M 1000 ha2003: 1.2M 1000 ha2004: 1.2M 1000 ha2005: 1.2M 1000 ha2006: 1.2M 1000 ha2007: 1.2M 1000 ha2008: 1.2M 1000 ha2009: 1.2M 1000 ha2010: 1.2M 1000 ha2011: 1.2M 1000 ha2012: 1.2M 1000 ha2013: 1.2M 1000 ha2014: 1.2M 1000 ha2015: 1.2M 1000 ha2016: 1.2M 1000 ha2017: 1.2M 1000 ha2018: 1.1M 1000 ha2019: 1.1M 1000 ha2020: 1.1M 1000 ha2021: 1.1M 1000 ha2022: 1.1M 1000 ha

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 Europe is 1.13 million 1000 ha, measured in 2022. That is the lowest value across all 31 years on record.

The figure is down 0.1% on the previous year and down 1.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Europe peaked at 1.16 million 1000 ha in 1995 and was at its lowest, 1.13 million 1000 ha, in 2022.

Europe ranks 3rd of 29 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 1.15 million 1000 ha 1.15 million 1000 ha 1.16 million 1000 ha 8
2000s 1.15 million 1000 ha 1.15 million 1000 ha 1.16 million 1000 ha 10
2010s 1.15 million 1000 ha 1.14 million 1000 ha 1.15 million 1000 ha 10
2020s 1.13 million 1000 ha 1.13 million 1000 ha 1.13 million 1000 ha 3

Countries ranked near Europe

  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. 4 China 188,821 1000 ha compare
  5. 5 China, mainland 186,559 1000 ha compare
  6. 6 Democratic Republic of the Congo 185,074 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 Europe?
Tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Europe was 1.13 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 Europe?
The highest recorded value was 1.16 million 1000 ha in 1995.
What is the lowest tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Europe?
The lowest recorded value was 1.13 million 1000 ha in 2022.
How does Europe rank for tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc?
Europe ranks 3rd out of 29 groups with data for 2022.
Is tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Europe?
Over the last ten years it is down 1.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Europe 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.