Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Republic of Korea
Republic of Korea: Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC was 4,895 1000 ha in 2022. ▼ Falling
Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Republic of Korea, 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 Republic of Korea is 4,895 1000 ha, measured in 2022.
That represents a change of down 0.3% on the previous year and down 0.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Republic of Korea peaked at 5,620 1000 ha in 1994 and was at its lowest, 4,887 1000 ha, in 2014.
That places Republic of Korea 68th out of 224 countries with data for 2022, putting it 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 Republic of Korea, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 5,620 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 5,620 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 5,620 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 5,534 1000 ha | -1.5% |
| 1996 | 5,531 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 1997 | 5,524 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 1998 | 5,499 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 1999 | 5,307 1000 ha | -3.5% |
| 2000 | 5,291 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2001 | 5,235 1000 ha | -1.0% |
| 2002 | 5,205 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2003 | 5,140 1000 ha | -1.3% |
| 2004 | 5,084 1000 ha | -1.1% |
| 2005 | 5,072 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2006 | 5,061 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 5,042 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2008 | 5,028 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 5,001 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2010 | 4,997 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 4,928 1000 ha | -1.4% |
| 2012 | 4,911 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 4,901 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 4,887 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 4,889 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 4,896 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 4,895 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 4,897 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 4,898 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 4,914 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 4,910 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 4,895 1000 ha | -0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5,532 1000 ha | 5,307 1000 ha | 5,620 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 5,116 1000 ha | 5,001 1000 ha | 5,291 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,910 1000 ha | 4,887 1000 ha | 4,997 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,906 1000 ha | 4,895 1000 ha | 4,914 1000 ha | 3 |
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More environment data for Republic of Korea
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.504 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.9 °C (2025)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import 23.18 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 8.76 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production, annual growth rate 1.9 % change on previous year (2024)
- Recovered paper — Production 8.11 million t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 8.60 million t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 80,390 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import quantity 33,185 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Republic of Korea?
- Tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Republic of Korea was 4,895 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 Republic of Korea?
- The highest recorded value was 5,620 1000 ha in 1994.
- What is the lowest tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Republic of Korea?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,887 1000 ha in 2014.
- How does Republic of Korea rank for tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc?
- Republic of Korea ranks 68th out of 224 countries with data for 2022.
- Is tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Republic of Korea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Republic of Korea 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.