Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Angola
Angola: Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 72,958 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Angola, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Angola recorded 72,958 1000 ha for tree-covered areas — area from modis in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and down 4.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tree-covered areas — area from modis in Angola peaked at 81,107 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 72,911 1000 ha, in 2023.
That places Angola 12th out of 223 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Angola, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 81,107 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 80,689 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2003 | 78,374 1000 ha | -2.9% |
| 2004 | 76,931 1000 ha | -1.8% |
| 2005 | 76,221 1000 ha | -0.9% |
| 2006 | 75,490 1000 ha | -1.0% |
| 2007 | 76,318 1000 ha | +1.1% |
| 2008 | 76,862 1000 ha | +0.7% |
| 2009 | 77,116 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 77,418 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 78,265 1000 ha | +1.1% |
| 2012 | 77,259 1000 ha | -1.3% |
| 2013 | 76,559 1000 ha | -0.9% |
| 2014 | 76,270 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 75,712 1000 ha | -0.7% |
| 2016 | 75,437 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 74,816 1000 ha | -0.8% |
| 2018 | 74,969 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 74,664 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 74,714 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 73,813 1000 ha | -1.2% |
| 2022 | 73,483 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 72,911 1000 ha | -0.8% |
| 2024 | 72,958 1000 ha | +0.1% |
Angola compared with similar countries
- Angola's 72,958 1000 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 2,158 1000 ha, 33.8× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Angola's 72,958 1000 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 2,469 1000 ha, 29.5× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 77,679 1000 ha | 75,490 1000 ha | 81,107 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 76,137 1000 ha | 74,664 1000 ha | 78,265 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 73,576 1000 ha | 72,911 1000 ha | 74,714 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Angola
- 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
- 11 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 7,856 1000 ha compare
- 11 Peru 78,982 1000 ha compare
- 12 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 1,991 1000 ha compare
- 13 Argentina 58,070 1000 ha compare
- 13 Timor-Leste 1,309 1000 ha compare
- 14 Central African Republic 57,865 1000 ha compare
- 14 Polynesia 555.2 1000 ha compare
- 15 India 56,132 1000 ha compare
- 15 Republic of Moldova 282.03 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Angola
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -2.86 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -0.076 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.211 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.971 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 2.4 % 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 0.8333 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tree-covered areas — area from modis in Angola?
- Tree-covered areas — area from modis in Angola was 72,958 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 Angola?
- The highest recorded value was 81,107 1000 ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest tree-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Angola?
- The lowest recorded value was 72,911 1000 ha in 2023.
- How does Angola rank for tree-covered areas — area from modis?
- Angola ranks 12th out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tree-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in Angola?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Angola 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.