What is tree-covered areas — area from modis in Antarctica?

Tree-covered areas — area from modis in Antarctica was 0.24 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 Antarctica?

The highest recorded value was 0.63 1000 ha in 2001.

What is the lowest tree-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Antarctica?

The lowest recorded value was 0.04 1000 ha in 2017.

How does Antarctica rank for tree-covered areas — area from modis?

Antarctica ranks 219th out of 240 countries with data for 2024.

Is tree-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in Antarctica?

Over the last ten years it is up 60.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.

Where does this Antarctica 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.

Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Antarctica

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

Antarctica: Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 0.24 1000 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2024)

0.24 1000 ha

Change on year

unchanged

World rank

219th

of 240 countries

All-time high

0.63 1000 ha

in 2001

All-time low

0.04 1000 ha

in 2017

Years of data

2001–2024

Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Antarctica, 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 Antarctica stood at 0.24 1000 ha.

That represents a change of up 60.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, tree-covered areas — area from modis in Antarctica peaked at 0.63 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 0.04 1000 ha, in 2017.

Antarctica ranks 219th of 240 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
2000s	0.1933 1000 ha	0.09 1000 ha	0.63 1000 ha	9
2010s	0.151 1000 ha	0.04 1000 ha	0.28 1000 ha	10
2020s	0.208 1000 ha	0.13 1000 ha	0.26 1000 ha	5

Countries ranked near Antarctica

216 China, Macao SAR 0.43 1000 ha compare
216 Libya 0.43 1000 ha compare
218 Bermuda 0.3 1000 ha compare
219 Cabo Verde 0.24 1000 ha compare
221 South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands 0.22 1000 ha compare
222 Mauritania 0.17 1000 ha compare

See the full ranking of 269 places →

More environment data for Antarctica

Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area 0 1000 ha (2022)
Inland water bodies — Area from CCI_LC 33,779 1000 ha (2022)
Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from CCI_LC 1.18 million 1000 ha (2022)
Terrestrial barren land — Area from CCI_LC 0 1000 ha (2022)
Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC 10.16 1000 ha (2022)
Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded 0 1000 ha (2022)
Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC 0 1000 ha (2022)
Mangroves — Area from CCI_LC 0 1000 ha (2022)
Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC 0 1000 ha (2022)
Grassland — Area from CCI_LC 0 1000 ha (2022)

All data for Antarctica →

Frequently asked questions

What is tree-covered areas — area from modis in Antarctica?: Tree-covered areas — area from modis in Antarctica was 0.24 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 Antarctica?: The highest recorded value was 0.63 1000 ha in 2001.
What is the lowest tree-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Antarctica?: The lowest recorded value was 0.04 1000 ha in 2017.
How does Antarctica rank for tree-covered areas — area from modis?: Antarctica ranks 219th out of 240 countries with data for 2024.
Is tree-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in Antarctica?: Over the last ten years it is up 60.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Antarctica 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

Indicator: Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS
Unit: 1000 ha
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage: 269 places, 6,390 data points, 2001–2024
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.