Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Middle Africa
Middle Africa: Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 449,391 1000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Middle Africa, 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 Middle Africa is 449,391 1000 ha, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
That represents a change of down 1.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tree-covered areas — area from modis in Middle Africa peaked at 455,993 1000 ha in 2002 and was at its lowest, 449,391 1000 ha, in 2024.
That places Middle Africa 2nd out of 20 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Middle Africa, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 451,625 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 455,993 1000 ha | +1.0% |
| 2003 | 454,442 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2004 | 453,096 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2005 | 452,650 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 452,195 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 453,504 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 453,603 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 453,691 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 454,136 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 454,965 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 454,454 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 454,002 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 454,152 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 452,443 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 452,325 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2017 | 451,692 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 452,000 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 451,829 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2020 | 452,239 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 450,812 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2022 | 449,686 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 449,560 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2024 | 449,391 1000 ha | -0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 453,422 1000 ha | 451,625 1000 ha | 455,993 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 453,200 1000 ha | 451,692 1000 ha | 454,965 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 450,338 1000 ha | 449,391 1000 ha | 452,239 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Middle Africa
- 1 Russian Federation 922,274 1000 ha compare
- 2 Brazil 597,725 1000 ha compare
- 3 Canada 501,610 1000 ha compare
- 3 Democratic Republic of the Congo 220,821 1000 ha compare
- 4 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 70,293 1000 ha compare
- 4 China 270,880 1000 ha compare
- 5 China, mainland 268,203 1000 ha compare
- 5 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 68,863 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Middle Africa
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -9.38 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -9.88 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.198 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.13 °C (2025)
- Wood fuel, coniferous — Production 0 m3 (2024)
- Roundwood, non-coniferous — Production 139.79 million m3 (2024)
- Wood fuel, non-coniferous — Production 122.87 million m3 (2024)
- Industrial roundwood — Production 16.92 million m3 (2024)
- Industrial roundwood — Import quantity 3,754 m3 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tree-covered areas — area from modis in Middle Africa?
- Tree-covered areas — area from modis in Middle Africa was 449,391 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 Middle Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 455,993 1000 ha in 2002.
- What is the lowest tree-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Middle Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 449,391 1000 ha in 2024.
- How does Middle Africa rank for tree-covered areas — area from modis?
- Middle Africa ranks 2nd out of 20 groups with data for 2024.
- Is tree-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in Middle Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Middle Africa 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.