Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Northern America
Northern America: Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 844,633 1000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Northern America, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Northern America recorded 844,633 1000 ha for tree-covered areas — area from modis in 2024. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 1.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tree-covered areas — area from modis in Northern America peaked at 844,633 1000 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 811,504 1000 ha, in 2001.
That places Northern America 6th out of 26 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Northern America, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 811,504 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 832,682 1000 ha | +2.6% |
| 2003 | 821,855 1000 ha | -1.3% |
| 2004 | 821,002 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 827,287 1000 ha | +0.8% |
| 2006 | 828,821 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 831,030 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 827,839 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2009 | 827,979 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 830,610 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 833,958 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 832,724 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 832,111 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 833,535 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 836,419 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 835,595 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 838,232 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 835,623 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 837,089 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 838,544 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 840,825 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 840,598 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2023 | 843,014 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 844,633 1000 ha | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 825,555 1000 ha | 811,504 1000 ha | 832,682 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 834,590 1000 ha | 830,610 1000 ha | 838,232 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 841,523 1000 ha | 838,544 1000 ha | 844,633 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Northern America
- 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
- 6 Indonesia 165,940 1000 ha compare
- 6 Melanesia 50,572 1000 ha compare
- 7 Colombia 101,965 1000 ha compare
- 7 United Republic of Tanzania 46,236 1000 ha compare
- 8 Viet Nam 23,082 1000 ha compare
- 8 Australia and New Zealand 95,988 1000 ha compare
- 9 Australia 80,274 1000 ha compare
- 9 Lao People's Democratic Republic 19,724 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Northern America
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -2.23 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -3.25 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.466 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.49 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 43.74 million t (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Production 70.81 million t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Production 60.43 million t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 92.54 million t (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per capita 13.25 kg/cap (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tree-covered areas — area from modis in Northern America?
- Tree-covered areas — area from modis in Northern America was 844,633 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 Northern America?
- The highest recorded value was 844,633 1000 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest tree-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Northern America?
- The lowest recorded value was 811,504 1000 ha in 2001.
- How does Northern America rank for tree-covered areas — area from modis?
- Northern America ranks 6th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is tree-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in Northern America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Northern America 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.