Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Japan

Japan: Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 28,713 1000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat

Latest (2024)
28,713 1000 ha
Change on year
up 0.4%
World rank
32nd
of 240 countries
All-time high
29,262 1000 ha
in 2002
All-time low
28,454 1000 ha
in 2018
Years of data
24
2001–2024

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

010.0k20.0k30.0k2001201220242001: 29.1k 1000 ha2002: 29.3k 1000 ha2003: 29.0k 1000 ha2004: 29.0k 1000 ha2005: 28.9k 1000 ha2006: 28.8k 1000 ha2007: 29.0k 1000 ha2008: 28.9k 1000 ha2009: 28.9k 1000 ha2010: 28.9k 1000 ha2011: 28.8k 1000 ha2012: 28.7k 1000 ha2013: 28.6k 1000 ha2014: 28.6k 1000 ha2015: 28.6k 1000 ha2016: 28.7k 1000 ha2017: 28.5k 1000 ha2018: 28.5k 1000 ha2019: 28.6k 1000 ha2020: 28.7k 1000 ha2021: 28.6k 1000 ha2022: 28.5k 1000 ha2023: 28.6k 1000 ha2024: 28.7k 1000 ha

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 Japan is 28,713 1000 ha, measured in 2024.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 0.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, tree-covered areas — area from modis in Japan peaked at 29,262 1000 ha in 2002 and was at its lowest, 28,454 1000 ha, in 2018.

Japan ranks 32nd of 240 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 28,986 1000 ha 28,849 1000 ha 29,262 1000 ha 9
2010s 28,655 1000 ha 28,454 1000 ha 28,894 1000 ha 10
2020s 28,617 1000 ha 28,468 1000 ha 28,713 1000 ha 5

Countries ranked near Japan

  1. 29 Malaysia 30,122 1000 ha compare
  2. 30 Congo 29,947 1000 ha compare
  3. 31 Finland 28,993 1000 ha compare
  4. 33 France 27,424 1000 ha compare
  5. 34 Côte d'Ivoire 27,064 1000 ha compare
  6. 35 Chile 26,363 1000 ha compare

See the full ranking of 269 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is tree-covered areas — area from modis in Japan?
Tree-covered areas — area from modis in Japan was 28,713 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 Japan?
The highest recorded value was 29,262 1000 ha in 2002.
What is the lowest tree-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Japan?
The lowest recorded value was 28,454 1000 ha in 2018.
How does Japan rank for tree-covered areas — area from modis?
Japan ranks 32nd out of 240 countries with data for 2024.
Is tree-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in Japan?
Over the last ten years it is up 0.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Japan 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.