Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Germany

Germany: Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 16,119 1000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat

Latest (2024)
16,119 1000 ha
Change on year
up 2.2%
World rank
47th
of 240 countries
All-time high
16,898 1000 ha
in 2020
All-time low
15,376 1000 ha
in 2003
Years of data
24
2001–2024

Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Germany, 2001–2024

05.0k10.0k15.0k2001201220242001: 16.3k 1000 ha2002: 16.0k 1000 ha2003: 15.4k 1000 ha2004: 15.5k 1000 ha2005: 15.9k 1000 ha2006: 16.4k 1000 ha2007: 16.8k 1000 ha2008: 16.7k 1000 ha2009: 16.4k 1000 ha2010: 16.0k 1000 ha2011: 16.4k 1000 ha2012: 16.1k 1000 ha2013: 16.2k 1000 ha2014: 16.3k 1000 ha2015: 16.2k 1000 ha2016: 16.1k 1000 ha2017: 16.1k 1000 ha2018: 16.1k 1000 ha2019: 16.5k 1000 ha2020: 16.9k 1000 ha2021: 16.4k 1000 ha2022: 15.6k 1000 ha2023: 15.8k 1000 ha2024: 16.1k 1000 ha

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.

Analysis

Germany recorded 16,119 1000 ha for tree-covered areas — area from modis in 2024.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.2% on the previous year and down 1.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, tree-covered areas — area from modis in Germany peaked at 16,898 1000 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 15,376 1000 ha, in 2003.

Germany ranks 47th of 240 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 16,169 1000 ha 15,376 1000 ha 16,850 1000 ha 9
2010s 16,198 1000 ha 16,046 1000 ha 16,517 1000 ha 10
2020s 16,152 1000 ha 15,577 1000 ha 16,898 1000 ha 5

Countries ranked near Germany

  1. 44 Guyana 19,439 1000 ha compare
  2. 45 Spain 18,185 1000 ha compare
  3. 46 Madagascar 16,614 1000 ha compare
  4. 48 Caribbean 15,754 1000 ha compare
  5. 49 Türkiye 15,715 1000 ha compare
  6. 50 New Zealand 15,712 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is tree-covered areas — area from modis in Germany?
Tree-covered areas — area from modis in Germany was 16,119 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 Germany?
The highest recorded value was 16,898 1000 ha in 2020.
What is the lowest tree-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Germany?
The lowest recorded value was 15,376 1000 ha in 2003.
How does Germany rank for tree-covered areas — area from modis?
Germany ranks 47th out of 240 countries with data for 2024.
Is tree-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in Germany?
Over the last ten years it is down 1.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Germany 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

Indicator
Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS
Unit
1000 ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
269 places, 6,390 data points, 2001–2024
Last refreshed

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.