Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Austria
Austria: Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 5,128 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Austria, 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 Austria is 5,128 1000 ha, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and down 2.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tree-covered areas — area from modis in Austria peaked at 5,520 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 5,128 1000 ha, in 2024.
Austria ranks 70th of 223 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Austria, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 5,520 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 5,387 1000 ha | -2.4% |
| 2003 | 5,300 1000 ha | -1.6% |
| 2004 | 5,332 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 5,400 1000 ha | +1.3% |
| 2006 | 5,480 1000 ha | +1.5% |
| 2007 | 5,506 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 5,404 1000 ha | -1.8% |
| 2009 | 5,365 1000 ha | -0.7% |
| 2010 | 5,341 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 5,402 1000 ha | +1.1% |
| 2012 | 5,318 1000 ha | -1.6% |
| 2013 | 5,258 1000 ha | -1.1% |
| 2014 | 5,274 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 5,312 1000 ha | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 5,287 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 5,255 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2018 | 5,283 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 5,319 1000 ha | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 5,313 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 5,210 1000 ha | -1.9% |
| 2022 | 5,132 1000 ha | -1.5% |
| 2023 | 5,131 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2024 | 5,128 1000 ha | -0.1% |
Austria compared with similar countries
- Austria's 5,128 1000 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 456.91 1000 ha, 11.2× the median. (73 countries reporting)
- Austria's 5,128 1000 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 2,752 1000 ha, 1.9× the median. (51 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 5,410 1000 ha | 5,300 1000 ha | 5,520 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 5,305 1000 ha | 5,255 1000 ha | 5,402 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,183 1000 ha | 5,128 1000 ha | 5,313 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Austria
More environment data for Austria
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -1.98 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -3.4 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.529 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.17 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 10.3 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual -0.833 % 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 0.0096 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tree-covered areas — area from modis in Austria?
- Tree-covered areas — area from modis in Austria was 5,128 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 Austria?
- The highest recorded value was 5,520 1000 ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest tree-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Austria?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,128 1000 ha in 2024.
- How does Austria rank for tree-covered areas — area from modis?
- Austria ranks 70th out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tree-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in Austria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Austria 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.