Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in American Samoa
American Samoa: Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 9.2 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in American Samoa, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
In 2024, tree-covered areas — area from modis in American Samoa stood at 9.2 1000 ha. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
The figure is up 4.7% on the previous year and up 18.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tree-covered areas — area from modis in American Samoa peaked at 9.2 1000 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 3.15 1000 ha, in 2001.
That places American Samoa 180th out of 223 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in American Samoa, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 3.15 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 5.92 1000 ha | +87.9% |
| 2003 | 6.31 1000 ha | +6.6% |
| 2004 | 6.97 1000 ha | +10.5% |
| 2005 | 7.16 1000 ha | +2.7% |
| 2006 | 7.23 1000 ha | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 7.16 1000 ha | -1.0% |
| 2008 | 7.06 1000 ha | -1.4% |
| 2009 | 7.02 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2010 | 6.91 1000 ha | -1.6% |
| 2011 | 7.06 1000 ha | +2.2% |
| 2012 | 7.31 1000 ha | +3.5% |
| 2013 | 7.56 1000 ha | +3.4% |
| 2014 | 7.79 1000 ha | +3.0% |
| 2015 | 8.11 1000 ha | +4.1% |
| 2016 | 8.34 1000 ha | +2.8% |
| 2017 | 8.28 1000 ha | -0.7% |
| 2018 | 8.56 1000 ha | +3.4% |
| 2019 | 8.53 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 8.45 1000 ha | -0.9% |
| 2021 | 7.91 1000 ha | -6.4% |
| 2022 | 8.17 1000 ha | +3.3% |
| 2023 | 8.79 1000 ha | +7.6% |
| 2024 | 9.2 1000 ha | +4.7% |
American Samoa compared with similar countries
- American Samoa's 9.2 1000 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 456.91 1000 ha, 2% of the median. (73 countries reporting)
- American Samoa's 9.2 1000 ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 1,717 1000 ha, 1% of the median. (27 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in American Samoa changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | +87.9% | 3.15 1000 ha | 5.92 1000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 6.44 1000 ha | 3.15 1000 ha | 7.23 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 7.85 1000 ha | 6.91 1000 ha | 8.56 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 8.5 1000 ha | 7.91 1000 ha | 9.2 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near American Samoa
- 177 Turks and Caicos Islands 12.03 1000 ha compare
- 178 Liechtenstein 9.91 1000 ha compare
- 179 Cook Islands 9.89 1000 ha compare
- 181 Eritrea 9.05 1000 ha compare
- 182 Cayman Islands 8.92 1000 ha compare
- 183 Lesotho 7.68 1000 ha compare
More environment data for American Samoa
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.25 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1 °C (2025)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 1.26 % (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 62.07 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 0.99 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 36.67 % (2024)
- Pesticides (total) — Import value 40.9 1000 USD (2024)
- Total fisheries production 1,527 metric tons (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 0.17 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tree-covered areas — area from modis in American Samoa?
- Tree-covered areas — area from modis in American Samoa was 9.2 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 American Samoa?
- The highest recorded value was 9.2 1000 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest tree-covered areas — area from modis recorded in American Samoa?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.15 1000 ha in 2001.
- How does American Samoa rank for tree-covered areas — area from modis?
- American Samoa ranks 180th out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tree-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in American Samoa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this American Samoa 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 24 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).
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.