Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Kiribati

Kiribati: Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 1.3 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
1.3 1000 ha
Change on year
up 6.6%
World rank
211th
of 240 countries
All-time high
1.39 1000 ha
in 2014
All-time low
0.56 1000 ha
in 2003
Years of data
24
2001–2024

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

00.511.52001201220242001: 0.71 1000 ha2002: 0.6 1000 ha2003: 0.56 1000 ha2004: 0.6 1000 ha2005: 0.64 1000 ha2006: 0.68 1000 ha2007: 0.68 1000 ha2008: 0.94 1000 ha2009: 0.9 1000 ha2010: 1.1 1000 ha2011: 1.3 1000 ha2012: 1.2 1000 ha2013: 1.2 1000 ha2014: 1.4 1000 ha2015: 1.2 1000 ha2016: 1.1 1000 ha2017: 1.1 1000 ha2018: 1.1 1000 ha2019: 1 1000 ha2020: 1.1 1000 ha2021: 1.1 1000 ha2022: 1.3 1000 ha2023: 1.2 1000 ha2024: 1.3 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 Kiribati is 1.3 1000 ha, measured in 2024.

That represents a change of up 6.6% on the previous year and down 6.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, tree-covered areas — area from modis in Kiribati peaked at 1.39 1000 ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 0.56 1000 ha, in 2003.

That places Kiribati 211th out of 240 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.

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

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 0.7011 1000 ha 0.56 1000 ha 0.94 1000 ha 9
2010s 1.18 1000 ha 1 1000 ha 1.39 1000 ha 10
2020s 1.19 1000 ha 1.05 1000 ha 1.3 1000 ha 5

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  4. 212 Palestine 1.29 1000 ha compare
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Frequently asked questions

What is tree-covered areas — area from modis in Kiribati?
Tree-covered areas — area from modis in Kiribati was 1.3 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 Kiribati?
The highest recorded value was 1.39 1000 ha in 2014.
What is the lowest tree-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Kiribati?
The lowest recorded value was 0.56 1000 ha in 2003.
How does Kiribati rank for tree-covered areas — area from modis?
Kiribati ranks 211th out of 240 countries with data for 2024.
Is tree-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in Kiribati?
Over the last ten years it is down 6.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Kiribati 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.