Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Benin
Benin: Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 2,158 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Benin, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Benin recorded 2,158 1000 ha for tree-covered areas — area from modis in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
That represents a change of down 2.1% on the previous year and down 23.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tree-covered areas — area from modis in Benin peaked at 3,234 1000 ha in 2004 and was at its lowest, 2,158 1000 ha, in 2024.
Benin ranks 97th 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 Benin, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 2,517 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 2,793 1000 ha | +11.0% |
| 2003 | 3,098 1000 ha | +10.9% |
| 2004 | 3,234 1000 ha | +4.4% |
| 2005 | 3,187 1000 ha | -1.5% |
| 2006 | 3,210 1000 ha | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 3,199 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2008 | 3,146 1000 ha | -1.6% |
| 2009 | 3,068 1000 ha | -2.5% |
| 2010 | 3,011 1000 ha | -1.8% |
| 2011 | 3,013 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 3,005 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 2,881 1000 ha | -4.1% |
| 2014 | 2,821 1000 ha | -2.1% |
| 2015 | 2,671 1000 ha | -5.3% |
| 2016 | 2,663 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 2,704 1000 ha | +1.6% |
| 2018 | 2,744 1000 ha | +1.5% |
| 2019 | 2,778 1000 ha | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 2,628 1000 ha | -5.4% |
| 2021 | 2,366 1000 ha | -10.0% |
| 2022 | 2,215 1000 ha | -6.4% |
| 2023 | 2,203 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2024 | 2,158 1000 ha | -2.1% |
Benin compared with similar countries
- Benin's 2,158 1000 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 2,158 1000 ha, 1.0× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Benin's 2,158 1000 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 2,469 1000 ha, 87% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3,050 1000 ha | 2,517 1000 ha | 3,234 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 2,829 1000 ha | 2,663 1000 ha | 3,013 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,314 1000 ha | 2,158 1000 ha | 2,628 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Benin
More environment data for Benin
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -9.6 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -10.11 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.268 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.29 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 2.38 % 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 2.92 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tree-covered areas — area from modis in Benin?
- Tree-covered areas — area from modis in Benin was 2,158 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 Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 3,234 1000 ha in 2004.
- What is the lowest tree-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,158 1000 ha in 2024.
- How does Benin rank for tree-covered areas — area from modis?
- Benin ranks 97th out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tree-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is down 23.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Benin 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.