Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Europe
Europe: Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 1.21 million 1000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Europe, 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 Europe is 1.21 million 1000 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 0.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tree-covered areas — area from modis in Europe peaked at 1.21 million 1000 ha in 2017 and was at its lowest, 1.17 million 1000 ha, in 2003.
That places Europe 3rd out of 26 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Europe, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 1.18 million 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 1.19 million 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 1.17 million 1000 ha | -1.7% |
| 2004 | 1.17 million 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 1.18 million 1000 ha | +0.8% |
| 2006 | 1.19 million 1000 ha | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 1.19 million 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 1.19 million 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 1.19 million 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2010 | 1.19 million 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 1.20 million 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 1.20 million 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 1.20 million 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 1.21 million 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 1.21 million 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 1.21 million 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 1.21 million 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 1.21 million 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 1.21 million 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 1.21 million 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 1.21 million 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 1.21 million 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 1.21 million 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 1.21 million 1000 ha | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.18 million 1000 ha | 1.17 million 1000 ha | 1.19 million 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 1.20 million 1000 ha | 1.19 million 1000 ha | 1.21 million 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.21 million 1000 ha | 1.21 million 1000 ha | 1.21 million 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Europe
- 1 Russian Federation 922,274 1000 ha compare
- 2 Brazil 597,725 1000 ha compare
- 3 Canada 501,610 1000 ha compare
- 3 Democratic Republic of the Congo 220,821 1000 ha compare
- 4 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 70,293 1000 ha compare
- 4 China 270,880 1000 ha compare
- 5 China, mainland 268,203 1000 ha compare
- 5 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 68,863 1000 ha compare
- 6 Indonesia 165,940 1000 ha compare
- 6 Melanesia 50,572 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Europe
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -1.75 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -3.33 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.435 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.71 °C (2025)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 101.18 million t (2024)
- Recovered paper — Production 57.94 million t (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Production 94.14 million t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Production 73.33 million t (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per area of cropland 49.53 kg/ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tree-covered areas — area from modis in Europe?
- Tree-covered areas — area from modis in Europe was 1.21 million 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 Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 1.21 million 1000 ha in 2017.
- What is the lowest tree-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.17 million 1000 ha in 2003.
- How does Europe rank for tree-covered areas — area from modis?
- Europe ranks 3rd out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is tree-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Europe 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.