Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Asia
Asia: Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 773,472 1000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Asia, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Asia recorded 773,472 1000 ha for tree-covered areas — area from modis in 2024. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.8% on the previous year and up 1.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tree-covered areas — area from modis in Asia peaked at 773,472 1000 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 743,653 1000 ha, in 2001.
Asia ranks 1st of 20 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Asia, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 743,653 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 755,014 1000 ha | +1.5% |
| 2003 | 747,980 1000 ha | -0.9% |
| 2004 | 748,033 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 750,299 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 751,670 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 754,159 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 754,605 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 754,576 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2010 | 756,359 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 759,576 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 760,388 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 764,363 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 763,151 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 763,065 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 764,960 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 767,575 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 768,658 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 767,745 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 769,751 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 768,323 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 764,000 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2023 | 767,584 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 773,472 1000 ha | +0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 751,110 1000 ha | 743,653 1000 ha | 755,014 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 763,584 1000 ha | 756,359 1000 ha | 768,658 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 768,626 1000 ha | 764,000 1000 ha | 773,472 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Asia
- 1 Russian Federation 922,274 1000 ha compare
- 2 Brazil 597,725 1000 ha compare
- 3 Canada 501,610 1000 ha compare
- 3 Democratic Republic of the Congo 220,821 1000 ha compare
- 4 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 70,293 1000 ha compare
- 4 China 270,880 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Asia
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 0.4646 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -2.4 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Temperature change 1.83 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.229 °C (2025)
- Sawlogs and veneer logs, coniferous — Production 44.07 million m3 (2024)
- Industrial roundwood, coniferous — Production 80.29 million m3 (2024)
- Industrial roundwood, non-coniferous — Production 400.22 million m3 (2024)
- Wood charcoal — Production 10.14 million t (2024)
- Other industrial roundwood, non-coniferous (production) — Production 66.09 million m3 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tree-covered areas — area from modis in Asia?
- Tree-covered areas — area from modis in Asia was 773,472 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 Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 773,472 1000 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest tree-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 743,653 1000 ha in 2001.
- How does Asia rank for tree-covered areas — area from modis?
- Asia ranks 1st out of 20 groups with data for 2024.
- Is tree-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Asia 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.