Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha

Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha: Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 17.76 1000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat

Latest (2024)
17.76 1000 ha
Change on year
down 0.8%
World rank
168th
of 223 countries
All-time high
18.98 1000 ha
in 2015
All-time low
14.75 1000 ha
in 2001
Years of data
24
2001–2024

Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha, 2001–2024

051015202001201220242001: 14.8 1000 ha2002: 17.8 1000 ha2003: 18 1000 ha2004: 18.4 1000 ha2005: 18.1 1000 ha2006: 18.1 1000 ha2007: 18.1 1000 ha2008: 17.7 1000 ha2009: 18.5 1000 ha2010: 18.1 1000 ha2011: 18.3 1000 ha2012: 18.4 1000 ha2013: 18.5 1000 ha2014: 18.8 1000 ha2015: 19 1000 ha2016: 18.4 1000 ha2017: 17.9 1000 ha2018: 17.8 1000 ha2019: 17.8 1000 ha2020: 17.7 1000 ha2021: 18 1000 ha2022: 17.4 1000 ha2023: 17.9 1000 ha2024: 17.8 1000 ha

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.

Analysis

Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha recorded 17.76 1000 ha for tree-covered areas — area from modis in 2024.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.8% on the previous year and down 5.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, tree-covered areas — area from modis in Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha peaked at 18.98 1000 ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 14.75 1000 ha, in 2001.

Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha ranks 168th of 223 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha, year by year

Annual values for Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha, 2001 to 2024.
Year 1000 ha Change
2001 14.75 1000 ha
2002 17.84 1000 ha +20.9%
2003 18.01 1000 ha +1.0%
2004 18.38 1000 ha +2.1%
2005 18.1 1000 ha -1.5%
2006 18.14 1000 ha +0.2%
2007 18.12 1000 ha -0.1%
2008 17.69 1000 ha -2.4%
2009 18.49 1000 ha +4.5%
2010 18.14 1000 ha -1.9%
2011 18.29 1000 ha +0.8%
2012 18.4 1000 ha +0.6%
2013 18.51 1000 ha +0.6%
2014 18.81 1000 ha +1.6%
2015 18.98 1000 ha +0.9%
2016 18.38 1000 ha -3.2%
2017 17.86 1000 ha -2.8%
2018 17.76 1000 ha -0.6%
2019 17.78 1000 ha +0.1%
2020 17.71 1000 ha -0.4%
2021 18.01 1000 ha +1.7%
2022 17.39 1000 ha -3.4%
2023 17.91 1000 ha +3.0%
2024 17.76 1000 ha -0.8%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 17.72 1000 ha 14.75 1000 ha 18.49 1000 ha 9
2010s 18.29 1000 ha 17.76 1000 ha 18.98 1000 ha 10
2020s 17.76 1000 ha 17.39 1000 ha 18.01 1000 ha 5

Countries ranked near Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha

  1. 165 Northern Mariana Islands 26.28 1000 ha compare
  2. 166 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 24.61 1000 ha compare
  3. 167 Niue 24.25 1000 ha compare
  4. 169 Uzbekistan 17.21 1000 ha compare
  5. 170 Saudi Arabia 16.91 1000 ha compare
  6. 171 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 16.12 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is tree-covered areas — area from modis in Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha?
Tree-covered areas — area from modis in Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha was 17.76 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 Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha?
The highest recorded value was 18.98 1000 ha in 2015.
What is the lowest tree-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha?
The lowest recorded value was 14.75 1000 ha in 2001.
How does Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha rank for tree-covered areas — area from modis?
Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha ranks 168th out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
Is tree-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha?
Over the last ten years it is down 5.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha 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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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
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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.