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

Tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Western Asia was 22,004 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 Western Asia?

The highest recorded value was 22,208 1000 ha in 1994.

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

The lowest recorded value was 21,394 1000 ha in 2005.

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

Western Asia ranks 23rd out of 29 groups with data for 2022.

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

Over the last ten years it is up 2.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.

Where does this Western 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 Western Asia

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

Western Asia: Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC was 22,004 1000 ha in 2022. ▬ Flat

Latest (2022)

22,004 1000 ha

Change on year

up 0.3%

Rank

23rd

of 29 groups

All-time high

22,208 1000 ha

in 1994

All-time low

21,394 1000 ha

in 2005

Years of data

1992–2022

Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Western 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 Western Asia is 22,004 1000 ha, measured in 2022.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 2.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Western Asia peaked at 22,208 1000 ha in 1994 and was at its lowest, 21,394 1000 ha, in 2005.

That places Western Asia 23rd out of 29 groups with data for 2022, putting it in the bottom quarter.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1990s	21,932 1000 ha	21,576 1000 ha	22,208 1000 ha	8
2000s	21,434 1000 ha	21,394 1000 ha	21,517 1000 ha	10
2010s	21,620 1000 ha	21,500 1000 ha	21,874 1000 ha	10
2020s	21,950 1000 ha	21,896 1000 ha	22,004 1000 ha	3

Countries ranked near Western Asia

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
23 Argentina 35,616 1000 ha compare
24 Sudan (former) 32,911 1000 ha compare
25 Myanmar 29,751 1000 ha compare
26 Sweden 27,702 1000 ha compare

See the full ranking of 270 places →

More environment data for Western Asia

Value Added Deflator (Agriculture, forestry and fishery) — Value US$ 106.1 USD (2024)
Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Agricultural Use 386,319 t (2024)
Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per area of cropland 8.43 kg/ha (2024)
Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per capita 1.25 kg/cap (2024)
Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 2.95 g/Int$ (2024)
Country area — Area 484,480 1000 ha (2024)
Land area — Area 479,195 1000 ha (2024)
Agriculture — Area 274,698 1000 ha (2024)
Cropland — Share in Agricultural land 16.62 % (2024)
Cropland — Area 45,596 1000 ha (2024)

All data for Western Asia →

Frequently asked questions

What is tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Western Asia?: Tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Western Asia was 22,004 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 Western Asia?: The highest recorded value was 22,208 1000 ha in 1994.
What is the lowest tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Western Asia?: The lowest recorded value was 21,394 1000 ha in 2005.
How does Western Asia rank for tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc?: Western Asia ranks 23rd out of 29 groups with data for 2022.
Is tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Western Asia?: Over the last ten years it is up 2.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Western 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.