Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Gabon
Gabon: Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 24,843 1000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Gabon, 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 Gabon is 24,843 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 Gabon peaked at 24,852 1000 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 24,248 1000 ha, in 2001.
That places Gabon 32nd out of 223 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Gabon, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 24,248 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 24,683 1000 ha | +1.8% |
| 2003 | 24,770 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 24,812 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 24,827 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 24,831 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 24,852 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 24,836 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 24,822 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 24,830 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 24,786 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 24,800 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 24,712 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2014 | 24,789 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 24,724 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 24,775 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 24,792 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 24,837 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 24,826 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2020 | 24,843 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 24,785 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 24,818 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 24,852 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 24,843 1000 ha | -0.0% |
Gabon compared with similar countries
- Gabon's 24,843 1000 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2,768 1000 ha, 9.0× the median. (52 countries reporting)
- Gabon's 24,843 1000 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 2,469 1000 ha, 10.1× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 24,742 1000 ha | 24,248 1000 ha | 24,852 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 24,787 1000 ha | 24,712 1000 ha | 24,837 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 24,828 1000 ha | 24,785 1000 ha | 24,852 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Gabon
More environment data for Gabon
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -4.44 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -3.43 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.219 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.09 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate -26.67 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 1.06 % 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 0.6222 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tree-covered areas — area from modis in Gabon?
- Tree-covered areas — area from modis in Gabon was 24,843 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 Gabon?
- The highest recorded value was 24,852 1000 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest tree-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Gabon?
- The lowest recorded value was 24,248 1000 ha in 2001.
- How does Gabon rank for tree-covered areas — area from modis?
- Gabon ranks 32nd out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tree-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in Gabon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Gabon 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.