Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Chile

Chile: Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 26,363 1000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat

Latest (2024)
26,363 1000 ha
Change on year
down 0.3%
World rank
30th
of 223 countries
All-time high
27,119 1000 ha
in 2018
All-time low
26,363 1000 ha
in 2024
Years of data
24
2001–2024

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

010.0k20.0k30.0k2001201220242001: 26.5k 1000 ha2002: 26.9k 1000 ha2003: 26.9k 1000 ha2004: 27.0k 1000 ha2005: 26.9k 1000 ha2006: 26.9k 1000 ha2007: 26.9k 1000 ha2008: 26.8k 1000 ha2009: 26.8k 1000 ha2010: 26.8k 1000 ha2011: 26.8k 1000 ha2012: 26.9k 1000 ha2013: 27.0k 1000 ha2014: 27.0k 1000 ha2015: 26.5k 1000 ha2016: 26.9k 1000 ha2017: 27.0k 1000 ha2018: 27.1k 1000 ha2019: 27.0k 1000 ha2020: 26.8k 1000 ha2021: 27.1k 1000 ha2022: 27.0k 1000 ha2023: 26.5k 1000 ha2024: 26.4k 1000 ha

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.

Analysis

Chile recorded 26,363 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 0.3% on the previous year and down 2.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, tree-covered areas — area from modis in Chile peaked at 27,119 1000 ha in 2018 and was at its lowest, 26,363 1000 ha, in 2024.

Chile ranks 30th of 223 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Chile, year by year

Annual values for Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Chile, 2001 to 2024.
Year 1000 ha Change
2001 26,487 1000 ha —
2002 26,891 1000 ha +1.5%
2003 26,927 1000 ha +0.1%
2004 26,961 1000 ha +0.1%
2005 26,926 1000 ha -0.1%
2006 26,947 1000 ha +0.1%
2007 26,943 1000 ha -0.0%
2008 26,838 1000 ha -0.4%
2009 26,775 1000 ha -0.2%
2010 26,782 1000 ha +0.0%
2011 26,827 1000 ha +0.2%
2012 26,861 1000 ha +0.1%
2013 26,987 1000 ha +0.5%
2014 26,993 1000 ha +0.0%
2015 26,498 1000 ha -1.8%
2016 26,889 1000 ha +1.5%
2017 26,966 1000 ha +0.3%
2018 27,119 1000 ha +0.6%
2019 27,016 1000 ha -0.4%
2020 26,779 1000 ha -0.9%
2021 27,114 1000 ha +1.3%
2022 26,972 1000 ha -0.5%
2023 26,455 1000 ha -1.9%
2024 26,363 1000 ha -0.3%

Chile compared with similar countries

  • Chile's 26,363 1000 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 456.91 1000 ha, 57.7× the median. (73 countries reporting)
  • Chile's 26,363 1000 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1,846 1000 ha, 14.3× the median. (37 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 26,855 1000 ha 26,487 1000 ha 26,961 1000 ha 9
2010s 26,894 1000 ha 26,498 1000 ha 27,119 1000 ha 10
2020s 26,737 1000 ha 26,363 1000 ha 27,114 1000 ha 5

Countries ranked near Chile

  1. 27 Finland 28,993 1000 ha compare
  2. 28 Japan 28,713 1000 ha compare
  3. 29 France 27,424 1000 ha compare
  4. 31 Thailand 25,944 1000 ha compare
  5. 32 Gabon 24,843 1000 ha compare
  6. 33 Ethiopia 23,753 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is tree-covered areas — area from modis in Chile?
Tree-covered areas — area from modis in Chile was 26,363 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 Chile?
The highest recorded value was 27,119 1000 ha in 2018.
What is the lowest tree-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Chile?
The lowest recorded value was 26,363 1000 ha in 2024.
How does Chile rank for tree-covered areas — area from modis?
Chile ranks 30th out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
Is tree-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in Chile?
Over the last ten years it is down 2.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Chile 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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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
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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.