Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Barbados
Barbados: Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 4.23 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Barbados, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
In 2024, tree-covered areas — area from modis in Barbados stood at 4.23 1000 ha.
That represents a change of up 15.6% on the previous year and up 5.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tree-covered areas — area from modis in Barbados peaked at 7.61 1000 ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 1.43 1000 ha, in 2004.
That places Barbados 187th out of 223 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Barbados, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 1.63 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 2.33 1000 ha | +42.9% |
| 2003 | 1.52 1000 ha | -34.8% |
| 2004 | 1.43 1000 ha | -5.9% |
| 2005 | 2.33 1000 ha | +62.9% |
| 2006 | 2.35 1000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 3.06 1000 ha | +30.2% |
| 2008 | 2.97 1000 ha | -2.9% |
| 2009 | 5.82 1000 ha | +96.0% |
| 2010 | 3.27 1000 ha | -43.8% |
| 2011 | 5.13 1000 ha | +56.9% |
| 2012 | 7.61 1000 ha | +48.3% |
| 2013 | 6.33 1000 ha | -16.8% |
| 2014 | 4 1000 ha | -36.8% |
| 2015 | 5.55 1000 ha | +38.7% |
| 2016 | 5.07 1000 ha | -8.6% |
| 2017 | 5.26 1000 ha | +3.7% |
| 2018 | 6.42 1000 ha | +22.1% |
| 2019 | 6.5 1000 ha | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 4.77 1000 ha | -26.6% |
| 2021 | 5.87 1000 ha | +23.1% |
| 2022 | 5.35 1000 ha | -8.9% |
| 2023 | 3.66 1000 ha | -31.6% |
| 2024 | 4.23 1000 ha | +15.6% |
Barbados compared with similar countries
- Barbados's 4.23 1000 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 456.91 1000 ha, 1% of the median. (73 countries reporting)
- Barbados's 4.23 1000 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1,846 1000 ha, 0% of the median. (37 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2.6 1000 ha | 1.43 1000 ha | 5.82 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 5.51 1000 ha | 3.27 1000 ha | 7.61 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.78 1000 ha | 3.66 1000 ha | 5.87 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Barbados
- 184 Gambia 5.47 1000 ha compare
- 185 Montserrat 5.43 1000 ha compare
- 186 British Virgin Islands 5.09 1000 ha compare
- 188 Netherlands Antilles (former) 3.19 1000 ha compare
- 189 San Marino 2.93 1000 ha compare
- 190 Namibia 2.85 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Barbados
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -8.41 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -8.41 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 111.15 % change on previous year (2023)
- Standard Deviation 0.587 °C (2023)
- Temperature change 1.03 °C (2023)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 2.61 % 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 -0.3571 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tree-covered areas — area from modis in Barbados?
- Tree-covered areas — area from modis in Barbados was 4.23 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 Barbados?
- The highest recorded value was 7.61 1000 ha in 2012.
- What is the lowest tree-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Barbados?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.43 1000 ha in 2004.
- How does Barbados rank for tree-covered areas — area from modis?
- Barbados ranks 187th out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tree-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in Barbados?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Barbados 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.