Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Italy

Italy: Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 13,923 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
13,923 1000 ha
Change on year
down 0.1%
World rank
53rd
of 240 countries
All-time high
14,241 1000 ha
in 2020
All-time low
12,748 1000 ha
in 2001
Years of data
24
2001–2024

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

05.0k10.0k15.0k2001201220242001: 12.7k 1000 ha2002: 13.3k 1000 ha2003: 13.3k 1000 ha2004: 13.0k 1000 ha2005: 13.1k 1000 ha2006: 13.3k 1000 ha2007: 13.2k 1000 ha2008: 13.0k 1000 ha2009: 13.1k 1000 ha2010: 13.3k 1000 ha2011: 13.5k 1000 ha2012: 13.4k 1000 ha2013: 13.5k 1000 ha2014: 13.8k 1000 ha2015: 14.1k 1000 ha2016: 14.1k 1000 ha2017: 14.1k 1000 ha2018: 14.1k 1000 ha2019: 14.1k 1000 ha2020: 14.2k 1000 ha2021: 14.1k 1000 ha2022: 13.9k 1000 ha2023: 13.9k 1000 ha2024: 13.9k 1000 ha

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

Analysis

In 2024, tree-covered areas — area from modis in Italy stood at 13,923 1000 ha.

The figure is down 0.1% on the previous year and up 1.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, tree-covered areas — area from modis in Italy peaked at 14,241 1000 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 12,748 1000 ha, in 2001.

That places Italy 53rd out of 240 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 13,111 1000 ha 12,748 1000 ha 13,312 1000 ha 9
2010s 13,816 1000 ha 13,317 1000 ha 14,146 1000 ha 10
2020s 14,013 1000 ha 13,879 1000 ha 14,241 1000 ha 5

Countries ranked near Italy

  1. 50 New Zealand 15,712 1000 ha compare
  2. 51 Nigeria 15,443 1000 ha compare
  3. 52 Suriname 13,949 1000 ha compare
  4. 54 Norway 13,486 1000 ha compare
  5. 55 Ukraine 13,088 1000 ha compare
  6. 56 Poland 12,853 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is tree-covered areas — area from modis in Italy?
Tree-covered areas — area from modis in Italy was 13,923 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 Italy?
The highest recorded value was 14,241 1000 ha in 2020.
What is the lowest tree-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Italy?
The lowest recorded value was 12,748 1000 ha in 2001.
How does Italy rank for tree-covered areas — area from modis?
Italy ranks 53rd out of 240 countries with data for 2024.
Is tree-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in Italy?
Over the last ten years it is up 1.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Italy 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.