Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Greece
Greece: Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 7,007 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Greece, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
In 2024, tree-covered areas — area from modis in Greece stood at 7,007 1000 ha.
The figure is down 0.6% on the previous year and up 6.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tree-covered areas — area from modis in Greece peaked at 7,113 1000 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 5,916 1000 ha, in 2001.
That places Greece 64th out of 223 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Greece, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 5,916 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 6,367 1000 ha | +7.6% |
| 2003 | 6,231 1000 ha | -2.1% |
| 2004 | 6,330 1000 ha | +1.6% |
| 2005 | 6,346 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 6,335 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 6,190 1000 ha | -2.3% |
| 2008 | 6,171 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 6,257 1000 ha | +1.4% |
| 2010 | 6,420 1000 ha | +2.6% |
| 2011 | 6,481 1000 ha | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 6,504 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 6,464 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2014 | 6,553 1000 ha | +1.4% |
| 2015 | 6,751 1000 ha | +3.0% |
| 2016 | 6,756 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 6,872 1000 ha | +1.7% |
| 2018 | 6,928 1000 ha | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 7,029 1000 ha | +1.5% |
| 2020 | 7,113 1000 ha | +1.2% |
| 2021 | 7,101 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 6,986 1000 ha | -1.6% |
| 2023 | 7,048 1000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2024 | 7,007 1000 ha | -0.6% |
Greece compared with similar countries
- Greece's 7,007 1000 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 456.91 1000 ha, 15.3× the median. (73 countries reporting)
- Greece's 7,007 1000 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 2,752 1000 ha, 2.5× the median. (51 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 6,238 1000 ha | 5,916 1000 ha | 6,367 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 6,676 1000 ha | 6,420 1000 ha | 7,029 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,051 1000 ha | 6,986 1000 ha | 7,113 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Greece
More environment data for Greece
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 3.36 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 0.43 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.95 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 1.28 % 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 -1.16 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tree-covered areas — area from modis in Greece?
- Tree-covered areas — area from modis in Greece was 7,007 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 Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 7,113 1000 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest tree-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,916 1000 ha in 2001.
- How does Greece rank for tree-covered areas — area from modis?
- Greece ranks 64th out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tree-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Greece 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 24 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).
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.