Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Australia
Australia: Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 80,274 1000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Australia, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for tree-covered areas — area from modis in Australia is 80,274 1000 ha, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.2% on the previous year and down 18.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tree-covered areas — area from modis in Australia peaked at 99,790 1000 ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 80,274 1000 ha, in 2024.
That places Australia 10th out of 240 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 86,719 1000 ha | 83,157 1000 ha | 90,926 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 94,485 1000 ha | 89,170 1000 ha | 99,790 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 82,900 1000 ha | 80,274 1000 ha | 87,445 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Australia
More environment data for Australia
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 6.94 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 2,196 1000 ha (2024)
- Inland waters — Area 4,920 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 43.17 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 91.29 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 331,869 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 0.11 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 385 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 8.6 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 31,265 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tree-covered areas — area from modis in Australia?
- Tree-covered areas — area from modis in Australia was 80,274 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 Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 99,790 1000 ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest tree-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 80,274 1000 ha in 2024.
- How does Australia rank for tree-covered areas — area from modis?
- Australia ranks 10th out of 240 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tree-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Australia 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.