Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Japan
Japan: Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC was 25,112 1000 ha in 2022. ▬ Flat
Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Japan, 1992–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Japan recorded 25,112 1000 ha for tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in 2022. That is the lowest value across all 31 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and down 0.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Japan peaked at 25,755 1000 ha in 1994 and was at its lowest, 25,112 1000 ha, in 2022.
That places Japan 26th out of 224 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the top quarter.
Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Japan, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 25,750 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 25,753 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 25,755 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 25,641 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 1996 | 25,637 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1997 | 25,594 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 1998 | 25,556 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 1999 | 25,256 1000 ha | -1.2% |
| 2000 | 25,203 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2001 | 25,212 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 25,199 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 25,196 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2004 | 25,143 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2005 | 25,152 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 25,159 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 25,170 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 25,182 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 25,200 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 25,198 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2011 | 25,198 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2012 | 25,199 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 25,200 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 25,192 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2015 | 25,199 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 25,181 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 25,172 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 25,144 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 25,139 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2020 | 25,139 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 25,135 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2022 | 25,112 1000 ha | -0.1% |
Japan compared with similar countries
- Japan's 25,112 1000 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 419.21 1000 ha, 59.9× the median. (73 countries reporting)
- Japan's 25,112 1000 ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 1,253 1000 ha, 20.0× the median. (27 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 25,618 1000 ha | 25,256 1000 ha | 25,755 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 25,181 1000 ha | 25,143 1000 ha | 25,212 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 25,182 1000 ha | 25,139 1000 ha | 25,200 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 25,129 1000 ha | 25,112 1000 ha | 25,139 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Japan
More environment data for Japan
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -4.51 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -4.8 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.358 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.86 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate -3.12 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual -2.8 % 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 -0.4957 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Japan?
- Tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Japan was 25,112 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 Japan?
- The highest recorded value was 25,755 1000 ha in 1994.
- What is the lowest tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Japan?
- The lowest recorded value was 25,112 1000 ha in 2022.
- How does Japan rank for tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc?
- Japan ranks 26th out of 224 countries with data for 2022.
- Is tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Japan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Japan 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.