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 110th 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 Switzerland, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 1,507 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 1,507 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1994 | 1,507 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 1,504 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 1996 | 1,498 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 1997 | 1,496 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 1998 | 1,477 1000 ha | -1.3% |
| 1999 | 1,447 1000 ha | -2.0% |
| 2000 | 1,437 1000 ha | -0.7% |
| 2001 | 1,433 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2002 | 1,428 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2003 | 1,423 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2004 | 1,407 1000 ha | -1.1% |
| 2005 | 1,405 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 1,405 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2007 | 1,403 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 1,401 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 1,400 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2010 | 1,393 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2011 | 1,386 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2012 | 1,384 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 1,382 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 1,359 1000 ha | -1.7% |
| 2015 | 1,359 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 1,358 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 1,358 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 1,354 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 1,350 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 1,348 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 1,346 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 1,340 1000 ha | -0.4% |
Switzerland compared with similar countries
- Switzerland's 1,340 1000 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 419.21 1000 ha, 3.2× the median. (73 countries reporting)
- Switzerland's 1,340 1000 ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 1,716 1000 ha, 78% of the median. (51 countries reporting)
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
- 107 Burkina Faso 1,593 1000 ha compare
- 108 Kyrgyzstan 1,528 1000 ha compare
- 109 El Salvador 1,451 1000 ha compare
- 111 Fiji 1,253 1000 ha compare
- 112 Azerbaijan 1,247 1000 ha compare
- 113 New Caledonia 1,214 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Switzerland
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -0.2925 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -0.4333 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.458 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.33 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 11.97 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.2741 % 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 0.0914 % change on previous year (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 110th out of 224 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.