Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Colombia
Colombia: Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 101,965 1000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Colombia, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Colombia recorded 101,965 1000 ha for tree-covered areas — area from modis in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.7% on the previous year and up 0.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tree-covered areas — area from modis in Colombia peaked at 102,244 1000 ha in 2011 and was at its lowest, 99,989 1000 ha, in 2020.
Colombia ranks 7th of 223 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Colombia, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 100,034 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 100,671 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2003 | 100,977 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 101,247 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 101,728 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 102,049 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 102,045 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2008 | 101,990 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 101,648 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2010 | 101,692 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 102,244 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 102,027 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 101,649 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2014 | 101,192 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 100,715 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2016 | 100,238 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 100,314 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 100,077 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 100,119 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 99,989 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 100,178 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 100,354 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 101,236 1000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2024 | 101,965 1000 ha | +0.7% |
Colombia compared with similar countries
- Colombia's 101,965 1000 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2,768 1000 ha, 36.8× the median. (52 countries reporting)
- Colombia's 101,965 1000 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1,846 1000 ha, 55.2× the median. (37 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 101,377 1000 ha | 100,034 1000 ha | 102,049 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 101,027 1000 ha | 100,077 1000 ha | 102,244 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 100,744 1000 ha | 99,989 1000 ha | 101,965 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Colombia
- 4 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 70,293 1000 ha compare
- 4 China 270,880 1000 ha compare
- 5 China, mainland 268,203 1000 ha compare
- 5 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 68,863 1000 ha compare
- 6 Indonesia 165,940 1000 ha compare
- 6 Melanesia 50,572 1000 ha compare
- 7 United Republic of Tanzania 46,236 1000 ha compare
- 8 Viet Nam 23,082 1000 ha compare
- 8 Australia and New Zealand 95,988 1000 ha compare
- 9 Australia 80,274 1000 ha compare
- 9 Lao People's Democratic Republic 19,724 1000 ha compare
- 10 Mexico 79,404 1000 ha compare
- 10 Türkiye 15,715 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Colombia
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 0.4233 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 0.2774 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.267 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.59 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.9788 % 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 0.2077 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tree-covered areas — area from modis in Colombia?
- Tree-covered areas — area from modis in Colombia was 101,965 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 Colombia?
- The highest recorded value was 102,244 1000 ha in 2011.
- What is the lowest tree-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Colombia?
- The lowest recorded value was 99,989 1000 ha in 2020.
- How does Colombia rank for tree-covered areas — area from modis?
- Colombia ranks 7th out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tree-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in Colombia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Colombia 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.