Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Switzerland
Switzerland: Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC was 1,340 1000 ha in 2022. ▼ Falling
Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Switzerland, 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 Switzerland is 1,340 1000 ha, measured in 2022. That is the lowest value across all 31 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.4% on the previous year and down 3.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Switzerland peaked at 1,507 1000 ha in 1994 and was at its lowest, 1,340 1000 ha, in 2022.
That places Switzerland 120th out of 241 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1,493 1000 ha | 1,447 1000 ha | 1,507 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 1,414 1000 ha | 1,400 1000 ha | 1,437 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,368 1000 ha | 1,350 1000 ha | 1,393 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,345 1000 ha | 1,340 1000 ha | 1,348 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Switzerland
- 117 Burkina Faso 1,593 1000 ha compare
- 118 Kyrgyzstan 1,528 1000 ha compare
- 119 El Salvador 1,451 1000 ha compare
- 121 Fiji 1,253 1000 ha compare
- 122 Azerbaijan 1,247 1000 ha compare
- 123 New Caledonia 1,214 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Switzerland
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 12.27 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 52 1000 ha (2024)
- Inland waters — Area 178.11 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 26.99 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 71.56 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 1,066 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 1.7 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 25.38 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 26.73 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 398.38 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Switzerland?
- Tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Switzerland was 1,340 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 Switzerland?
- The highest recorded value was 1,507 1000 ha in 1994.
- What is the lowest tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Switzerland?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,340 1000 ha in 2022.
- How does Switzerland rank for tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc?
- Switzerland ranks 120th out of 241 countries with data for 2022.
- Is tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Switzerland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Switzerland 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.