Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Eastern Asia
Eastern Asia: Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 321,501 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Eastern Asia, 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 Eastern Asia is 321,501 1000 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.8% on the previous year and up 2.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tree-covered areas — area from modis in Eastern Asia peaked at 321,501 1000 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 303,253 1000 ha, in 2004.
That places Eastern Asia 10th out of 26 groups 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 Eastern Asia, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 304,415 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 307,041 1000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2003 | 304,236 1000 ha | -0.9% |
| 2004 | 303,253 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2005 | 304,331 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 304,654 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 306,404 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 306,524 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 308,082 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 310,534 1000 ha | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 311,275 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 311,731 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 314,044 1000 ha | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 313,608 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 314,218 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 316,485 1000 ha | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 317,149 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 317,040 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2019 | 316,170 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 317,925 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 317,927 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 317,712 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 318,932 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 321,501 1000 ha | +0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 305,438 1000 ha | 303,253 1000 ha | 308,082 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 314,225 1000 ha | 310,534 1000 ha | 317,149 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 318,799 1000 ha | 317,712 1000 ha | 321,501 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Asia
- 7 Colombia 101,965 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
- 11 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 7,856 1000 ha compare
- 11 Peru 78,982 1000 ha compare
- 12 Angola 72,958 1000 ha compare
- 12 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 1,991 1000 ha compare
- 13 Argentina 58,070 1000 ha compare
- 13 Timor-Leste 1,309 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Eastern Asia
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -2.3 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -2 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.309 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.98 °C (2025)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 137.56 million t (2024)
- Recovered paper — Production 98.06 million t (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Production 173.25 million t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Production 137.00 million t (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per area of cropland 68.03 kg/ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tree-covered areas — area from modis in Eastern Asia?
- Tree-covered areas — area from modis in Eastern Asia was 321,501 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 Eastern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 321,501 1000 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest tree-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Eastern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 303,253 1000 ha in 2004.
- How does Eastern Asia rank for tree-covered areas — area from modis?
- Eastern Asia ranks 10th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is tree-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in Eastern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eastern Asia 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.