Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Chad
Chad: Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 2,326 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Chad, 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 Chad stood at 2,326 1000 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.9% on the previous year and down 22.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tree-covered areas — area from modis in Chad peaked at 3,289 1000 ha in 2002 and was at its lowest, 2,151 1000 ha, in 2022.
That places Chad 96th out of 223 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.
Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Chad, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 3,092 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 3,289 1000 ha | +6.4% |
| 2003 | 3,063 1000 ha | -6.9% |
| 2004 | 2,964 1000 ha | -3.2% |
| 2005 | 2,966 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 3,057 1000 ha | +3.1% |
| 2007 | 3,098 1000 ha | +1.3% |
| 2008 | 3,027 1000 ha | -2.3% |
| 2009 | 2,948 1000 ha | -2.6% |
| 2010 | 2,952 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 2,918 1000 ha | -1.1% |
| 2012 | 2,972 1000 ha | +1.9% |
| 2013 | 3,009 1000 ha | +1.2% |
| 2014 | 2,994 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2015 | 2,746 1000 ha | -8.3% |
| 2016 | 2,739 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 2,730 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 2,646 1000 ha | -3.1% |
| 2019 | 2,561 1000 ha | -3.2% |
| 2020 | 2,613 1000 ha | +2.0% |
| 2021 | 2,396 1000 ha | -8.3% |
| 2022 | 2,151 1000 ha | -10.2% |
| 2023 | 2,260 1000 ha | +5.1% |
| 2024 | 2,326 1000 ha | +2.9% |
Chad compared with similar countries
- Chad's 2,326 1000 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 1,595 1000 ha, 1.5× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Chad's 2,326 1000 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 2,469 1000 ha, 94% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3,056 1000 ha | 2,948 1000 ha | 3,289 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 2,826 1000 ha | 2,561 1000 ha | 3,009 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,349 1000 ha | 2,151 1000 ha | 2,613 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Chad
More environment data for Chad
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -10.96 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -13.87 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.274 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.1 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 4.44 % 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 % 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 Chad?
- Tree-covered areas — area from modis in Chad was 2,326 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 Chad?
- The highest recorded value was 3,289 1000 ha in 2002.
- What is the lowest tree-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Chad?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,151 1000 ha in 2022.
- How does Chad rank for tree-covered areas — area from modis?
- Chad ranks 96th out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tree-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in Chad?
- Over the last ten years it is down 22.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Chad 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.