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 9th out of 223 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Australia, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 89,529 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 90,926 1000 ha | +1.6% |
| 2003 | 90,131 1000 ha | -0.9% |
| 2004 | 86,736 1000 ha | -3.8% |
| 2005 | 83,953 1000 ha | -3.2% |
| 2006 | 83,290 1000 ha | -0.8% |
| 2007 | 83,157 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 84,056 1000 ha | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 88,696 1000 ha | +5.5% |
| 2010 | 90,854 1000 ha | +2.4% |
| 2011 | 91,293 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 94,678 1000 ha | +3.7% |
| 2013 | 96,608 1000 ha | +2.0% |
| 2014 | 98,964 1000 ha | +2.4% |
| 2015 | 99,790 1000 ha | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 97,688 1000 ha | -2.1% |
| 2017 | 94,927 1000 ha | -2.8% |
| 2018 | 90,877 1000 ha | -4.3% |
| 2019 | 89,170 1000 ha | -1.9% |
| 2020 | 87,445 1000 ha | -1.9% |
| 2021 | 83,320 1000 ha | -4.7% |
| 2022 | 83,046 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 80,416 1000 ha | -3.2% |
| 2024 | 80,274 1000 ha | -0.2% |
Australia compared with similar countries
- Australia's 80,274 1000 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 456.91 1000 ha, 175.7× the median. (73 countries reporting)
- Australia's 80,274 1000 ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 1,717 1000 ha, 46.7× the median. (27 countries reporting)
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
- 6 Indonesia 165,940 1000 ha compare
- 6 Melanesia 50,572 1000 ha compare
- 7 Colombia 101,965 1000 ha compare
- 7 United Republic of Tanzania 46,236 1000 ha compare
- 8 Viet Nam 23,082 1000 ha compare
- 8 Australia and New Zealand 95,988 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 Angola 72,958 1000 ha compare
- 12 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 1,991 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Australia
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -4.75 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -5.98 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.345 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.4 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate -1.03 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.6708 % 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 0.0861 % change on previous year (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 9th out of 223 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.