Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Cuba
Cuba: Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 7,543 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Cuba, 2001–2024
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 Cuba is 7,543 1000 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
The figure is up 2.3% on the previous year and up 4.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tree-covered areas — area from modis in Cuba peaked at 7,543 1000 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 6,583 1000 ha, in 2001.
That places Cuba 62nd out of 223 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Cuba, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 6,583 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 6,895 1000 ha | +4.7% |
| 2003 | 6,994 1000 ha | +1.4% |
| 2004 | 6,958 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2005 | 6,711 1000 ha | -3.6% |
| 2006 | 6,829 1000 ha | +1.8% |
| 2007 | 7,036 1000 ha | +3.0% |
| 2008 | 7,169 1000 ha | +1.9% |
| 2009 | 7,127 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2010 | 7,094 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2011 | 7,125 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 7,126 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 7,164 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 7,213 1000 ha | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 7,241 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 7,311 1000 ha | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 7,244 1000 ha | -0.9% |
| 2018 | 7,362 1000 ha | +1.6% |
| 2019 | 7,454 1000 ha | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 7,445 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 7,444 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2022 | 7,382 1000 ha | -0.8% |
| 2023 | 7,376 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 7,543 1000 ha | +2.3% |
Cuba compared with similar countries
- Cuba's 7,543 1000 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2,768 1000 ha, 2.7× the median. (52 countries reporting)
- Cuba's 7,543 1000 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1,846 1000 ha, 4.1× the median. (37 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 6,922 1000 ha | 6,583 1000 ha | 7,169 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 7,233 1000 ha | 7,094 1000 ha | 7,454 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,438 1000 ha | 7,376 1000 ha | 7,543 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cuba
More environment data for Cuba
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -5.3 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -5.17 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.278 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.4 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 2.52 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2020)
- 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 -1.97 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tree-covered areas — area from modis in Cuba?
- Tree-covered areas — area from modis in Cuba was 7,543 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 Cuba?
- The highest recorded value was 7,543 1000 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest tree-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Cuba?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,583 1000 ha in 2001.
- How does Cuba rank for tree-covered areas — area from modis?
- Cuba ranks 62nd out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tree-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in Cuba?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cuba 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.