Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Albania
Albania: Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 1,648 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Albania, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Albania recorded 1,648 1000 ha for tree-covered areas — area from modis in 2024.
The figure is up 1.1% on the previous year and up 8.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tree-covered areas — area from modis in Albania peaked at 1,657 1000 ha in 2018 and was at its lowest, 1,309 1000 ha, in 2008.
Albania ranks 105th of 223 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Albania, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 1,556 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 1,615 1000 ha | +3.8% |
| 2003 | 1,542 1000 ha | -4.5% |
| 2004 | 1,488 1000 ha | -3.5% |
| 2005 | 1,425 1000 ha | -4.3% |
| 2006 | 1,392 1000 ha | -2.3% |
| 2007 | 1,317 1000 ha | -5.4% |
| 2008 | 1,309 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2009 | 1,389 1000 ha | +6.1% |
| 2010 | 1,455 1000 ha | +4.8% |
| 2011 | 1,457 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 1,407 1000 ha | -3.4% |
| 2013 | 1,442 1000 ha | +2.5% |
| 2014 | 1,513 1000 ha | +4.9% |
| 2015 | 1,570 1000 ha | +3.8% |
| 2016 | 1,632 1000 ha | +4.0% |
| 2017 | 1,654 1000 ha | +1.3% |
| 2018 | 1,657 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 1,620 1000 ha | -2.3% |
| 2020 | 1,643 1000 ha | +1.5% |
| 2021 | 1,627 1000 ha | -1.0% |
| 2022 | 1,601 1000 ha | -1.6% |
| 2023 | 1,631 1000 ha | +1.9% |
| 2024 | 1,648 1000 ha | +1.1% |
Albania compared with similar countries
- Albania's 1,648 1000 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2,768 1000 ha, 60% of the median. (52 countries reporting)
- Albania's 1,648 1000 ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 2,752 1000 ha, 60% of the median. (51 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1,448 1000 ha | 1,309 1000 ha | 1,615 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 1,541 1000 ha | 1,407 1000 ha | 1,657 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,630 1000 ha | 1,601 1000 ha | 1,648 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Albania
- 102 New Caledonia 1,717 1000 ha compare
- 103 Slovenia 1,712 1000 ha compare
- 104 El Salvador 1,673 1000 ha compare
- 106 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 1,486 1000 ha compare
- 107 Haiti 1,455 1000 ha compare
- 108 Fiji 1,443 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Albania
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 0.6356 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 0.8208 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.434 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.15 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate -100 % change on previous year (2018)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual -1.89 % 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 -11.58 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tree-covered areas — area from modis in Albania?
- Tree-covered areas — area from modis in Albania was 1,648 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 Albania?
- The highest recorded value was 1,657 1000 ha in 2018.
- What is the lowest tree-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Albania?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,309 1000 ha in 2008.
- How does Albania rank for tree-covered areas — area from modis?
- Albania ranks 105th out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tree-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in Albania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Albania 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.