Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Finland
Finland: Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 28,993 1000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Finland, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Finland recorded 28,993 1000 ha for tree-covered areas — area from modis in 2024.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tree-covered areas — area from modis in Finland peaked at 29,125 1000 ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 28,660 1000 ha, in 2017.
That places Finland 27th out of 223 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Finland, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 28,684 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 28,911 1000 ha | +0.8% |
| 2003 | 28,818 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2004 | 28,951 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 28,994 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 28,903 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2007 | 28,984 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 28,970 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2009 | 28,882 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2010 | 28,924 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 29,083 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 29,125 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 29,062 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 28,959 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 28,889 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 28,756 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 28,660 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 28,743 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 28,792 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 28,756 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 28,844 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 28,952 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 28,961 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 28,993 1000 ha | +0.1% |
Finland compared with similar countries
- Finland's 28,993 1000 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 456.91 1000 ha, 63.5× the median. (73 countries reporting)
- Finland's 28,993 1000 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 2,752 1000 ha, 10.5× the median. (51 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 28,900 1000 ha | 28,684 1000 ha | 28,994 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 28,899 1000 ha | 28,660 1000 ha | 29,125 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 28,901 1000 ha | 28,756 1000 ha | 28,993 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Finland
More environment data for Finland
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 3.9 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 4.25 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.986 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.94 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 5.17 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual -2.4 % 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 0.3579 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tree-covered areas — area from modis in Finland?
- Tree-covered areas — area from modis in Finland was 28,993 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 Finland?
- The highest recorded value was 29,125 1000 ha in 2012.
- What is the lowest tree-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Finland?
- The lowest recorded value was 28,660 1000 ha in 2017.
- How does Finland rank for tree-covered areas — area from modis?
- Finland ranks 27th out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tree-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in Finland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Finland 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.