Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Romania

Romania: Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC was 7,703 1000 ha in 2022. ▬ Flat

Latest (2022)
7,703 1000 ha
Change on year
down 0.1%
World rank
65th
of 241 countries
All-time high
7,783 1000 ha
in 2016
All-time low
7,489 1000 ha
in 1998
Years of data
31
1992–2022

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

02.0k4.0k6.0k8.0k1992200720221992: 7.5k 1000 ha1993: 7.5k 1000 ha1994: 7.5k 1000 ha1995: 7.5k 1000 ha1996: 7.5k 1000 ha1997: 7.5k 1000 ha1998: 7.5k 1000 ha1999: 7.5k 1000 ha2000: 7.5k 1000 ha2001: 7.6k 1000 ha2002: 7.6k 1000 ha2003: 7.6k 1000 ha2004: 7.7k 1000 ha2005: 7.7k 1000 ha2006: 7.7k 1000 ha2007: 7.7k 1000 ha2008: 7.8k 1000 ha2009: 7.8k 1000 ha2010: 7.8k 1000 ha2011: 7.8k 1000 ha2012: 7.8k 1000 ha2013: 7.8k 1000 ha2014: 7.8k 1000 ha2015: 7.8k 1000 ha2016: 7.8k 1000 ha2017: 7.8k 1000 ha2018: 7.7k 1000 ha2019: 7.7k 1000 ha2020: 7.7k 1000 ha2021: 7.7k 1000 ha2022: 7.7k 1000 ha

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

Analysis

In 2022, tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Romania stood at 7,703 1000 ha.

The figure is down 0.1% on the previous year and down 1.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Romania peaked at 7,783 1000 ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 7,489 1000 ha, in 1998.

Romania ranks 65th of 241 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 7,511 1000 ha 7,489 1000 ha 7,525 1000 ha 8
2000s 7,670 1000 ha 7,523 1000 ha 7,773 1000 ha 10
2010s 7,771 1000 ha 7,730 1000 ha 7,783 1000 ha 10
2020s 7,704 1000 ha 7,701 1000 ha 7,708 1000 ha 3

Countries ranked near Romania

  1. 62 French Guiana 8,081 1000 ha compare
  2. 63 Honduras 7,780 1000 ha compare
  3. 64 Nicaragua 7,739 1000 ha compare
  4. 66 New Zealand 7,640 1000 ha compare
  5. 67 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 7,414 1000 ha compare
  6. 68 Kenya 7,229 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 Romania?
Tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Romania was 7,703 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 Romania?
The highest recorded value was 7,783 1000 ha in 2016.
What is the lowest tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Romania?
The lowest recorded value was 7,489 1000 ha in 1998.
How does Romania rank for tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc?
Romania ranks 65th out of 241 countries with data for 2022.
Is tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Romania?
Over the last ten years it is down 1.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Romania 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.