Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Portugal
Portugal: Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC was 2,995 1000 ha in 2022. ▼ Falling
Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Portugal, 1992–2022
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 Portugal is 2,995 1000 ha, measured in 2022.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 1.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Portugal peaked at 3,216 1000 ha in 1994 and was at its lowest, 2,930 1000 ha, in 2014.
Portugal ranks 83rd of 224 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 31 years of available data.
Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Portugal, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 3,216 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 3,216 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 3,216 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 3,210 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 1996 | 3,211 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 3,209 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 1998 | 3,204 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 1999 | 3,181 1000 ha | -0.7% |
| 2000 | 3,174 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2001 | 3,162 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2002 | 3,124 1000 ha | -1.2% |
| 2003 | 3,102 1000 ha | -0.7% |
| 2004 | 3,002 1000 ha | -3.2% |
| 2005 | 2,995 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2006 | 2,994 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 2,994 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 2,995 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 2,996 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 2,972 1000 ha | -0.8% |
| 2011 | 2,967 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 2,957 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2013 | 2,956 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 2,930 1000 ha | -0.9% |
| 2015 | 2,931 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 2,952 1000 ha | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 2,955 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 2,969 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 2,975 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 2,979 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 2,987 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 2,995 1000 ha | +0.3% |
Portugal compared with similar countries
- Portugal's 2,995 1000 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 419.21 1000 ha, 7.1× the median. (73 countries reporting)
- Portugal's 2,995 1000 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 1,716 1000 ha, 1.7× the median. (51 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3,208 1000 ha | 3,181 1000 ha | 3,216 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 3,054 1000 ha | 2,994 1000 ha | 3,174 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,956 1000 ha | 2,930 1000 ha | 2,975 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,987 1000 ha | 2,979 1000 ha | 2,995 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Portugal
More environment data for Portugal
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -0.6043 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -0.5127 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.44 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.15 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 3.41 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual -3.29 % 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 0.1607 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Portugal?
- Tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Portugal was 2,995 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 Portugal?
- The highest recorded value was 3,216 1000 ha in 1994.
- What is the lowest tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Portugal?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,930 1000 ha in 2014.
- How does Portugal rank for tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc?
- Portugal ranks 83rd out of 224 countries with data for 2022.
- Is tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Portugal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Portugal 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.