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

Latest (2024)
321,501 1000 ha
Change on year
up 0.8%
Rank
12th
of 29 groups
All-time high
321,501 1000 ha
in 2024
All-time low
303,253 1000 ha
in 2004
Years of data
24
2001–2024

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

0100.0k200.0k300.0k2001201220242001: 304.4k 1000 ha2002: 307.0k 1000 ha2003: 304.2k 1000 ha2004: 303.3k 1000 ha2005: 304.3k 1000 ha2006: 304.7k 1000 ha2007: 306.4k 1000 ha2008: 306.5k 1000 ha2009: 308.1k 1000 ha2010: 310.5k 1000 ha2011: 311.3k 1000 ha2012: 311.7k 1000 ha2013: 314.0k 1000 ha2014: 313.6k 1000 ha2015: 314.2k 1000 ha2016: 316.5k 1000 ha2017: 317.1k 1000 ha2018: 317.0k 1000 ha2019: 316.2k 1000 ha2020: 317.9k 1000 ha2021: 317.9k 1000 ha2022: 317.7k 1000 ha2023: 318.9k 1000 ha2024: 321.5k 1000 ha

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 12th out of 29 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.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest 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

  1. 9 Australia and New Zealand 95,988 1000 ha compare
  2. 10 Australia 80,274 1000 ha compare
  3. 11 Mexico 79,404 1000 ha compare
  4. 12 Peru 78,982 1000 ha compare
  5. 13 Angola 72,958 1000 ha compare
  6. 14 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 70,293 1000 ha compare
  7. 15 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 68,863 1000 ha compare

See the full ranking of 269 places →

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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 12th out of 29 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

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
Last refreshed

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.