Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Botswana

Botswana: Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 112.5 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
112.5 1000 ha
Change on year
up 19.9%
World rank
158th
of 240 countries
All-time high
378.78 1000 ha
in 2001
All-time low
83.98 1000 ha
in 2013
Years of data
24
2001–2024

Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Botswana, 2001–2024

1002003004002001201220242001: 378.8 1000 ha2002: 222.7 1000 ha2003: 217.7 1000 ha2004: 144.4 1000 ha2005: 137.3 1000 ha2006: 95.1 1000 ha2007: 99 1000 ha2008: 85.3 1000 ha2009: 84.3 1000 ha2010: 89.2 1000 ha2011: 90.1 1000 ha2012: 84.6 1000 ha2013: 84 1000 ha2014: 96.8 1000 ha2015: 128.9 1000 ha2016: 145.1 1000 ha2017: 122.8 1000 ha2018: 130.8 1000 ha2019: 123.1 1000 ha2020: 137.6 1000 ha2021: 93.4 1000 ha2022: 92.2 1000 ha2023: 93.8 1000 ha2024: 112.5 1000 ha

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 Botswana is 112.5 1000 ha, measured in 2024.

The figure is up 19.9% on the previous year and up 16.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, tree-covered areas — area from modis in Botswana peaked at 378.78 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 83.98 1000 ha, in 2013.

That places Botswana 158th out of 240 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 162.73 1000 ha 84.28 1000 ha 378.78 1000 ha 9
2010s 109.54 1000 ha 83.98 1000 ha 145.06 1000 ha 10
2020s 105.92 1000 ha 92.22 1000 ha 137.63 1000 ha 5

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Frequently asked questions

What is tree-covered areas — area from modis in Botswana?
Tree-covered areas — area from modis in Botswana was 112.5 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 Botswana?
The highest recorded value was 378.78 1000 ha in 2001.
What is the lowest tree-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Botswana?
The lowest recorded value was 83.98 1000 ha in 2013.
How does Botswana rank for tree-covered areas — area from modis?
Botswana ranks 158th out of 240 countries with data for 2024.
Is tree-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in Botswana?
Over the last ten years it is up 16.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Botswana 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

Indicator
Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS
Unit
1000 ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
269 places, 6,390 data points, 2001–2024
Last refreshed

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.