Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Eritrea
Eritrea: Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 9.05 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Eritrea, 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 Eritrea is 9.05 1000 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 6.8% on the previous year and up 76.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tree-covered areas — area from modis in Eritrea peaked at 10.93 1000 ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 5.11 1000 ha, in 2007.
Eritrea ranks 196th of 240 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 6.66 1000 ha | 5.11 1000 ha | 8.53 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 7.24 1000 ha | 5.13 1000 ha | 10.72 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 9.15 1000 ha | 6.91 1000 ha | 10.93 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eritrea
- 193 Channel Islands 10.33 1000 ha compare
- 194 Liechtenstein 9.91 1000 ha compare
- 195 Cook Islands 9.89 1000 ha compare
- 197 Cayman Islands 8.92 1000 ha compare
- 198 Lesotho 7.68 1000 ha compare
- 199 Wallis and Futuna Islands 6.09 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Eritrea
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 3.12 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 21.59 1000 ha (2024)
- Inland waters — Area 83 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 57.12 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 90.89 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 6,900 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 0.02 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 1.36 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 9.09 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 690 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tree-covered areas — area from modis in Eritrea?
- Tree-covered areas — area from modis in Eritrea was 9.05 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 Eritrea?
- The highest recorded value was 10.93 1000 ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest tree-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Eritrea?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.11 1000 ha in 2007.
- How does Eritrea rank for tree-covered areas — area from modis?
- Eritrea ranks 196th out of 240 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tree-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in Eritrea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 76.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eritrea 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.