What is tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Southern Asia?

Tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Southern Asia was 70,200 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 Southern Asia?

The highest recorded value was 70,200 1000 ha in 2022.

What is the lowest tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Southern Asia?

The lowest recorded value was 67,552 1000 ha in 2002.

How does Southern Asia rank for tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc?

Southern Asia ranks 19th out of 29 groups with data for 2022.

Is tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Southern Asia?

Over the last ten years it is up 3.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.

Where does this Southern Asia 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.

Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Southern Asia

Name: Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Southern Asia
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)

Southern Asia: Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC was 70,200 1000 ha in 2022. ▬ Flat

Latest (2022)

70,200 1000 ha

Change on year

up 0.9%

Rank

19th

of 29 groups

All-time high

70,200 1000 ha

in 2022

All-time low

67,552 1000 ha

in 2002

Years of data

1992–2022

Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Southern Asia, 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 Southern Asia is 70,200 1000 ha, measured in 2022. That is the highest value across all 31 years on record.

That represents a change of up 0.9% on the previous year and up 3.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Southern Asia peaked at 70,200 1000 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 67,552 1000 ha, in 2002.

That places Southern Asia 19th out of 29 groups with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1990s	68,282 1000 ha	67,694 1000 ha	68,640 1000 ha	8
2000s	67,771 1000 ha	67,552 1000 ha	67,900 1000 ha	10
2010s	68,281 1000 ha	67,874 1000 ha	69,199 1000 ha	10
2020s	69,716 1000 ha	69,362 1000 ha	70,200 1000 ha	3

Countries ranked near Southern Asia

16 India 50,437 1000 ha compare
17 Zambia 46,671 1000 ha compare
18 Melanesia 45,155 1000 ha compare
19 Mozambique 44,995 1000 ha compare
20 Papua New Guinea 39,084 1000 ha compare
21 United Republic of Tanzania 37,312 1000 ha compare
22 Cameroon 35,626 1000 ha compare

See the full ranking of 270 places →

More environment data for Southern Asia

Cropland — Area 238,515 1000 ha (2024)
Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per capita 1.52 kg/cap (2024)
Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 4.25 g/Int$ (2024)
Country area — Area 688,043 1000 ha (2024)
Land area — Area 639,262 1000 ha (2024)
Agriculture — Area 316,834 1000 ha (2024)
Agricultural land — Area 316,451 1000 ha (2024)
Agricultural land — Share in Land area 49.5 % (2024)
Agricultural land — Value of agricultural production (Int. $) per Area 2,332 USD_PPP/ha (2024)
Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 69.26 % (2024)

All data for Southern Asia →

Frequently asked questions

What is tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Southern Asia?: Tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Southern Asia was 70,200 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 Southern Asia?: The highest recorded value was 70,200 1000 ha in 2022.
What is the lowest tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Southern Asia?: The lowest recorded value was 67,552 1000 ha in 2002.
How does Southern Asia rank for tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc?: Southern Asia ranks 19th out of 29 groups with data for 2022.
Is tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Southern Asia?: Over the last ten years it is up 3.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Southern Asia 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: 12 August 2026

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.