Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Israel
Israel: Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 37.34 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Israel, 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 Israel is 37.34 1000 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 6.4% on the previous year and up 29.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tree-covered areas — area from modis in Israel peaked at 39.88 1000 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 17.93 1000 ha, in 2001.
That places Israel 155th 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 Israel, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 17.93 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 25.79 1000 ha | +43.8% |
| 2003 | 28.32 1000 ha | +9.8% |
| 2004 | 26.62 1000 ha | -6.0% |
| 2005 | 31.45 1000 ha | +18.1% |
| 2006 | 32.03 1000 ha | +1.8% |
| 2007 | 31.15 1000 ha | -2.7% |
| 2008 | 33.26 1000 ha | +6.8% |
| 2009 | 30.93 1000 ha | -7.0% |
| 2010 | 26.43 1000 ha | -14.5% |
| 2011 | 28.34 1000 ha | +7.2% |
| 2012 | 30.49 1000 ha | +7.6% |
| 2013 | 27.82 1000 ha | -8.8% |
| 2014 | 28.8 1000 ha | +3.5% |
| 2015 | 32.33 1000 ha | +12.3% |
| 2016 | 32.18 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 37.9 1000 ha | +17.8% |
| 2018 | 36.81 1000 ha | -2.9% |
| 2019 | 33.59 1000 ha | -8.7% |
| 2020 | 37.02 1000 ha | +10.2% |
| 2021 | 31.55 1000 ha | -14.8% |
| 2022 | 32.37 1000 ha | +2.6% |
| 2023 | 39.88 1000 ha | +23.2% |
| 2024 | 37.34 1000 ha | -6.4% |
Israel compared with similar countries
- Israel's 37.34 1000 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 456.91 1000 ha, 8% of the median. (73 countries reporting)
- Israel's 37.34 1000 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 16.91 1000 ha, 2.2× the median. (21 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 28.61 1000 ha | 17.93 1000 ha | 33.26 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 31.47 1000 ha | 26.43 1000 ha | 37.9 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 35.63 1000 ha | 31.55 1000 ha | 39.88 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Israel
- 152 Martinique 56.36 1000 ha compare
- 153 Saint Lucia 43.88 1000 ha compare
- 154 Iraq 39.98 1000 ha compare
- 156 Isle of Man 36.64 1000 ha compare
- 157 Tonga 36.3 1000 ha compare
- 158 Tajikistan 33.11 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Israel
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -15.63 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -11.49 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.477 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.69 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual -3.08 % 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 0.0542 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tree-covered areas — area from modis in Israel?
- Tree-covered areas — area from modis in Israel was 37.34 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 Israel?
- The highest recorded value was 39.88 1000 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest tree-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Israel?
- The lowest recorded value was 17.93 1000 ha in 2001.
- How does Israel rank for tree-covered areas — area from modis?
- Israel ranks 155th out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tree-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in Israel?
- Over the last ten years it is up 29.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Israel 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.