Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Malaysia

Malaysia: Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC was 21,851 1000 ha in 2022. ▼ Falling

Latest (2022)
21,851 1000 ha
Change on year
up 0.1%
World rank
35th
of 241 countries
All-time high
23,127 1000 ha
in 1996
All-time low
21,820 1000 ha
in 2021
Years of data
31
1992–2022

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

05.0k10.0k15.0k20.0k25.0k1992200720221992: 23.1k 1000 ha1993: 23.1k 1000 ha1994: 23.1k 1000 ha1995: 23.1k 1000 ha1996: 23.1k 1000 ha1997: 23.1k 1000 ha1998: 23.1k 1000 ha1999: 23.1k 1000 ha2000: 23.1k 1000 ha2001: 23.0k 1000 ha2002: 23.0k 1000 ha2003: 23.1k 1000 ha2004: 23.0k 1000 ha2005: 23.0k 1000 ha2006: 23.0k 1000 ha2007: 22.9k 1000 ha2008: 22.8k 1000 ha2009: 22.7k 1000 ha2010: 22.6k 1000 ha2011: 22.5k 1000 ha2012: 22.4k 1000 ha2013: 22.4k 1000 ha2014: 22.3k 1000 ha2015: 22.3k 1000 ha2016: 22.1k 1000 ha2017: 22.1k 1000 ha2018: 22.0k 1000 ha2019: 21.9k 1000 ha2020: 21.8k 1000 ha2021: 21.8k 1000 ha2022: 21.9k 1000 ha

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

Analysis

Malaysia recorded 21,851 1000 ha for tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in 2022.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and down 2.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Malaysia peaked at 23,127 1000 ha in 1996 and was at its lowest, 21,820 1000 ha, in 2021.

That places Malaysia 35th out of 241 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 31 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 23,089 1000 ha 23,066 1000 ha 23,127 1000 ha 8
2000s 22,965 1000 ha 22,747 1000 ha 23,060 1000 ha 10
2010s 22,256 1000 ha 21,862 1000 ha 22,619 1000 ha 10
2020s 21,833 1000 ha 21,820 1000 ha 21,851 1000 ha 3

Countries ranked near Malaysia

  1. 32 Finland 22,515 1000 ha compare
  2. 33 Madagascar 22,264 1000 ha compare
  3. 34 Nigeria 22,091 1000 ha compare
  4. 36 Chile 20,466 1000 ha compare
  5. 37 Guyana 19,209 1000 ha compare
  6. 38 Ecuador 17,508 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 Malaysia?
Tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Malaysia was 21,851 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 Malaysia?
The highest recorded value was 23,127 1000 ha in 1996.
What is the lowest tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Malaysia?
The lowest recorded value was 21,820 1000 ha in 2021.
How does Malaysia rank for tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc?
Malaysia ranks 35th out of 241 countries with data for 2022.
Is tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Malaysia?
Over the last ten years it is down 2.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Malaysia 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.