Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Madagascar
Madagascar: Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 16,614 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Madagascar, 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 Madagascar stood at 16,614 1000 ha.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and down 10.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tree-covered areas — area from modis in Madagascar peaked at 20,192 1000 ha in 2002 and was at its lowest, 16,568 1000 ha, in 2023.
Madagascar ranks 39th of 223 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Madagascar, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 20,141 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 20,192 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 19,928 1000 ha | -1.3% |
| 2004 | 19,483 1000 ha | -2.2% |
| 2005 | 19,204 1000 ha | -1.4% |
| 2006 | 18,849 1000 ha | -1.8% |
| 2007 | 18,948 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 18,881 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2009 | 19,098 1000 ha | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 18,859 1000 ha | -1.3% |
| 2011 | 18,947 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 19,124 1000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 18,801 1000 ha | -1.7% |
| 2014 | 18,555 1000 ha | -1.3% |
| 2015 | 18,180 1000 ha | -2.0% |
| 2016 | 18,071 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2017 | 17,689 1000 ha | -2.1% |
| 2018 | 17,402 1000 ha | -1.6% |
| 2019 | 17,237 1000 ha | -0.9% |
| 2020 | 17,059 1000 ha | -1.0% |
| 2021 | 16,946 1000 ha | -0.7% |
| 2022 | 16,660 1000 ha | -1.7% |
| 2023 | 16,568 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2024 | 16,614 1000 ha | +0.3% |
Madagascar compared with similar countries
- Madagascar's 16,614 1000 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 1,595 1000 ha, 10.4× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Madagascar's 16,614 1000 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 2,469 1000 ha, 6.7× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 19,414 1000 ha | 18,849 1000 ha | 20,192 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 18,286 1000 ha | 17,237 1000 ha | 19,124 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 16,769 1000 ha | 16,568 1000 ha | 17,059 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Madagascar
More environment data for Madagascar
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.297 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.17 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.2369 % 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 -1.01 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tree-covered areas — area from modis in Madagascar?
- Tree-covered areas — area from modis in Madagascar was 16,614 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 Madagascar?
- The highest recorded value was 20,192 1000 ha in 2002.
- What is the lowest tree-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Madagascar?
- The lowest recorded value was 16,568 1000 ha in 2023.
- How does Madagascar rank for tree-covered areas — area from modis?
- Madagascar ranks 39th out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tree-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in Madagascar?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Madagascar 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.