Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Mozambique
Mozambique: Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 55,386 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Mozambique, 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 Mozambique stood at 55,386 1000 ha. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
The figure is down 0.5% on the previous year and down 7.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tree-covered areas — area from modis in Mozambique peaked at 65,289 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 55,386 1000 ha, in 2024.
Mozambique ranks 16th of 223 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Mozambique, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 65,289 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 62,238 1000 ha | -4.7% |
| 2003 | 61,950 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2004 | 62,255 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 59,517 1000 ha | -4.4% |
| 2006 | 59,475 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 58,995 1000 ha | -0.8% |
| 2008 | 58,156 1000 ha | -1.4% |
| 2009 | 59,017 1000 ha | +1.5% |
| 2010 | 60,161 1000 ha | +1.9% |
| 2011 | 59,995 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 59,546 1000 ha | -0.7% |
| 2013 | 59,555 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 60,145 1000 ha | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 58,569 1000 ha | -2.6% |
| 2016 | 57,646 1000 ha | -1.6% |
| 2017 | 58,715 1000 ha | +1.9% |
| 2018 | 59,117 1000 ha | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 58,923 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 56,949 1000 ha | -3.3% |
| 2021 | 56,570 1000 ha | -0.7% |
| 2022 | 55,470 1000 ha | -1.9% |
| 2023 | 55,656 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 55,386 1000 ha | -0.5% |
Mozambique compared with similar countries
- Mozambique's 55,386 1000 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 1,595 1000 ha, 34.7× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Mozambique's 55,386 1000 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 2,469 1000 ha, 22.4× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 60,766 1000 ha | 58,156 1000 ha | 65,289 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 59,237 1000 ha | 57,646 1000 ha | 60,161 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 56,006 1000 ha | 55,386 1000 ha | 56,949 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mozambique
- 13 Argentina 58,070 1000 ha compare
- 13 Timor-Leste 1,309 1000 ha compare
- 14 Central African Republic 57,865 1000 ha compare
- 14 Polynesia 555.2 1000 ha compare
- 15 India 56,132 1000 ha compare
- 15 Republic of Moldova 282.03 1000 ha compare
- 16 Syrian Arab Republic 149.14 1000 ha compare
- 17 Zambia 50,061 1000 ha compare
- 17 Micronesia 131.33 1000 ha compare
- 18 Micronesia (Federated States of) 44.1 1000 ha compare
- 18 Myanmar 47,198 1000 ha compare
- 19 Papua New Guinea 43,688 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Mozambique
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -3.62 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -2.58 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.256 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.23 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual -2.02 % 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 0.2476 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tree-covered areas — area from modis in Mozambique?
- Tree-covered areas — area from modis in Mozambique was 55,386 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 Mozambique?
- The highest recorded value was 65,289 1000 ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest tree-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Mozambique?
- The lowest recorded value was 55,386 1000 ha in 2024.
- How does Mozambique rank for tree-covered areas — area from modis?
- Mozambique ranks 16th out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tree-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in Mozambique?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Mozambique 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.