Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Africa
Africa: Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 812,809 1000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Africa, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for tree-covered areas — area from modis in Africa is 812,809 1000 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and down 2.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tree-covered areas — area from modis in Africa peaked at 839,767 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 809,419 1000 ha, in 2022.
That places Africa 7th out of 26 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Africa, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 839,767 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 839,529 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2003 | 835,738 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2004 | 833,773 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2005 | 826,914 1000 ha | -0.8% |
| 2006 | 827,602 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 831,683 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 829,557 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 829,300 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2010 | 831,809 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 833,338 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 832,294 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 830,766 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 831,993 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 824,806 1000 ha | -0.9% |
| 2016 | 821,069 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 820,204 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 823,111 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 823,289 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 824,183 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 818,342 1000 ha | -0.7% |
| 2022 | 809,419 1000 ha | -1.1% |
| 2023 | 810,329 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 812,809 1000 ha | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 832,651 1000 ha | 826,914 1000 ha | 839,767 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 827,268 1000 ha | 820,204 1000 ha | 833,338 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 815,016 1000 ha | 809,419 1000 ha | 824,183 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Africa
- 4 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 70,293 1000 ha compare
- 4 China 270,880 1000 ha compare
- 5 China, mainland 268,203 1000 ha compare
- 5 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 68,863 1000 ha compare
- 6 Indonesia 165,940 1000 ha compare
- 6 Melanesia 50,572 1000 ha compare
- 7 Colombia 101,965 1000 ha compare
- 7 United Republic of Tanzania 46,236 1000 ha compare
- 8 Viet Nam 23,082 1000 ha compare
- 8 Australia and New Zealand 95,988 1000 ha compare
- 9 Australia 80,274 1000 ha compare
- 9 Lao People's Democratic Republic 19,724 1000 ha compare
- 10 Mexico 79,404 1000 ha compare
- 10 Türkiye 15,715 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Africa
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -7.12 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -7.93 Percentage change (2025)
- Temperature change 1.32 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.213 °C (2025)
- Primary wood and paper products (export/import) — Export value 5.54 million 1000 USD (2024)
- Roundwood, coniferous — Production 32.26 million m3 (2024)
- Roundwood — Export value 714,851 1000 USD (2024)
- Roundwood — Export quantity 3.78 million m3 (2024)
- Roundwood — Import value 182,147 1000 USD (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tree-covered areas — area from modis in Africa?
- Tree-covered areas — area from modis in Africa was 812,809 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tree-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 839,767 1000 ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest tree-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 809,419 1000 ha in 2022.
- How does Africa rank for tree-covered areas — area from modis?
- Africa ranks 7th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is tree-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS. 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.