Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Estonia
Estonia: Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 3,394 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Estonia, 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 Estonia is 3,394 1000 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 2.5% on the previous year and down 3.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tree-covered areas — area from modis in Estonia peaked at 3,637 1000 ha in 2011 and was at its lowest, 3,311 1000 ha, in 2023.
That places Estonia 84th out of 223 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Estonia, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 3,623 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 3,471 1000 ha | -4.2% |
| 2003 | 3,387 1000 ha | -2.4% |
| 2004 | 3,474 1000 ha | +2.6% |
| 2005 | 3,565 1000 ha | +2.6% |
| 2006 | 3,551 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2007 | 3,539 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2008 | 3,560 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2009 | 3,568 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 3,597 1000 ha | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 3,637 1000 ha | +1.1% |
| 2012 | 3,557 1000 ha | -2.2% |
| 2013 | 3,508 1000 ha | -1.4% |
| 2014 | 3,522 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 3,504 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2016 | 3,495 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 3,428 1000 ha | -1.9% |
| 2018 | 3,384 1000 ha | -1.3% |
| 2019 | 3,413 1000 ha | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 3,405 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 3,410 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 3,327 1000 ha | -2.4% |
| 2023 | 3,311 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2024 | 3,394 1000 ha | +2.5% |
Estonia compared with similar countries
- Estonia's 3,394 1000 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 456.91 1000 ha, 7.4× the median. (73 countries reporting)
- Estonia's 3,394 1000 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 2,752 1000 ha, 1.2× the median. (51 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3,526 1000 ha | 3,387 1000 ha | 3,623 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 3,504 1000 ha | 3,384 1000 ha | 3,637 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,369 1000 ha | 3,311 1000 ha | 3,410 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Estonia
More environment data for Estonia
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.899 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.78 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 7 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual -5.71 % 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 -0.0832 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tree-covered areas — area from modis in Estonia?
- Tree-covered areas — area from modis in Estonia was 3,394 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 Estonia?
- The highest recorded value was 3,637 1000 ha in 2011.
- What is the lowest tree-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Estonia?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,311 1000 ha in 2023.
- How does Estonia rank for tree-covered areas — area from modis?
- Estonia ranks 84th out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tree-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in Estonia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Estonia 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.