Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in El Salvador
El Salvador: Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 1,673 1000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in El Salvador, 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 El Salvador is 1,673 1000 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.7% on the previous year and up 1.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tree-covered areas — area from modis in El Salvador peaked at 1,673 1000 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1,559 1000 ha, in 2001.
That places El Salvador 104th out of 223 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 1,559 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 1,608 1000 ha | +3.1% |
| 2003 | 1,632 1000 ha | +1.5% |
| 2004 | 1,641 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 1,651 1000 ha | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 1,666 1000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 1,665 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2008 | 1,652 1000 ha | -0.8% |
| 2009 | 1,662 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 1,663 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 1,669 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 1,659 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2013 | 1,658 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 1,643 1000 ha | -0.9% |
| 2015 | 1,639 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 1,643 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 1,647 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 1,649 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 1,650 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 1,664 1000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 1,654 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2022 | 1,634 1000 ha | -1.2% |
| 2023 | 1,645 1000 ha | +0.7% |
| 2024 | 1,673 1000 ha | +1.7% |
El Salvador compared with similar countries
- El Salvador's 1,673 1000 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2,768 1000 ha, 60% of the median. (52 countries reporting)
- El Salvador's 1,673 1000 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1,846 1000 ha, 91% of the median. (37 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1,637 1000 ha | 1,559 1000 ha | 1,666 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 1,652 1000 ha | 1,639 1000 ha | 1,669 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,654 1000 ha | 1,634 1000 ha | 1,673 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near El Salvador
More environment data for El Salvador
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -3.31 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -3.1 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.27 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.28 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 2.58 % 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 0.0446 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tree-covered areas — area from modis in El Salvador?
- Tree-covered areas — area from modis in El Salvador was 1,673 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 El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 1,673 1000 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest tree-covered areas — area from modis recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,559 1000 ha in 2001.
- How does El Salvador rank for tree-covered areas — area from modis?
- El Salvador ranks 104th out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tree-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this El Salvador 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.