Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Bhutan
Bhutan: Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 3,076 1000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Bhutan, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Bhutan recorded 3,076 1000 ha for tree-covered areas — area from modis in 2024. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
The figure is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 1.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tree-covered areas — area from modis in Bhutan peaked at 3,076 1000 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 2,972 1000 ha, in 2001.
Bhutan ranks 86th of 223 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Bhutan, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 2,972 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 2,982 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 2,983 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 2,989 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 3,008 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 3,013 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 3,036 1000 ha | +0.8% |
| 2008 | 3,025 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2009 | 3,031 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 3,029 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2011 | 3,028 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2012 | 3,020 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 3,022 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 3,022 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2015 | 3,028 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 3,038 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 3,043 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 3,043 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 3,030 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 3,024 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 3,036 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 3,061 1000 ha | +0.8% |
| 2023 | 3,063 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 3,076 1000 ha | +0.4% |
Bhutan compared with similar countries
- Bhutan's 3,076 1000 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 2,158 1000 ha, 1.4× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Bhutan's 3,076 1000 ha is below the median for South Asia, which is 4,228 1000 ha, 73% of the median. (6 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3,004 1000 ha | 2,972 1000 ha | 3,036 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 3,030 1000 ha | 3,020 1000 ha | 3,043 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,052 1000 ha | 3,024 1000 ha | 3,076 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Bhutan
More environment data for Bhutan
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 0.2782 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 0.5977 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.257 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.08 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.487 % 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 -5.53 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tree-covered areas — area from modis in Bhutan?
- Tree-covered areas — area from modis in Bhutan was 3,076 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 Bhutan?
- The highest recorded value was 3,076 1000 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest tree-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Bhutan?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,972 1000 ha in 2001.
- How does Bhutan rank for tree-covered areas — area from modis?
- Bhutan ranks 86th out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tree-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in Bhutan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Bhutan 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.