Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Nepal
Nepal: Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 8,473 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Nepal, 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 Nepal is 8,473 1000 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.8% on the previous year and up 2.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tree-covered areas — area from modis in Nepal peaked at 8,473 1000 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 7,851 1000 ha, in 2001.
Nepal ranks 59th of 223 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Nepal, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 7,851 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 7,986 1000 ha | +1.7% |
| 2003 | 7,920 1000 ha | -0.8% |
| 2004 | 7,943 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 7,973 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 8,004 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 8,102 1000 ha | +1.2% |
| 2008 | 8,083 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2009 | 8,082 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2010 | 8,088 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 8,127 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 8,096 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2013 | 8,196 1000 ha | +1.2% |
| 2014 | 8,240 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 8,246 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 8,268 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 8,312 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 8,294 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 8,298 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 8,373 1000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 8,359 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 8,402 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 8,403 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 8,473 1000 ha | +0.8% |
Nepal compared with similar countries
- Nepal's 8,473 1000 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 2,158 1000 ha, 3.9× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Nepal's 8,473 1000 ha is above the median for South Asia, which is 4,228 1000 ha, 2.0× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 7,994 1000 ha | 7,851 1000 ha | 8,102 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 8,217 1000 ha | 8,088 1000 ha | 8,312 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 8,402 1000 ha | 8,359 1000 ha | 8,473 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Nepal
More environment data for Nepal
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 2.73 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 2.41 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.265 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.43 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 41.67 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual -1.54 % 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 -6.53 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tree-covered areas — area from modis in Nepal?
- Tree-covered areas — area from modis in Nepal was 8,473 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 Nepal?
- The highest recorded value was 8,473 1000 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest tree-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Nepal?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,851 1000 ha in 2001.
- How does Nepal rank for tree-covered areas — area from modis?
- Nepal ranks 59th out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tree-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in Nepal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Nepal 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.