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
Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Malaysia, 1992–2022
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 31st out of 224 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.
Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Malaysia, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 23,069 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 23,070 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 23,070 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 23,066 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1996 | 23,127 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 1997 | 23,122 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1998 | 23,109 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 1999 | 23,080 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2000 | 23,053 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 23,042 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2002 | 23,033 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2003 | 23,060 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 23,048 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 22,987 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2006 | 22,977 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2007 | 22,896 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2008 | 22,809 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2009 | 22,747 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2010 | 22,619 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2011 | 22,535 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 22,442 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2013 | 22,403 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 22,275 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2015 | 22,276 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 22,124 1000 ha | -0.7% |
| 2017 | 22,055 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 21,964 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 21,862 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 21,827 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 21,820 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2022 | 21,851 1000 ha | +0.1% |
Malaysia compared with similar countries
- Malaysia's 21,851 1000 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2,359 1000 ha, 9.3× the median. (52 countries reporting)
- Malaysia's 21,851 1000 ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 1,253 1000 ha, 17.4× the median. (27 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | 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
More environment data for Malaysia
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -1.65 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -1.9 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.179 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.25 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate -2.55 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 4.33 % 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 0.9114 % change on previous year (2024)
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 31st out of 224 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
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.