Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Northern Europe

Northern Europe: Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 107,628 1000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat

Latest (2024)
107,628 1000 ha
Change on year
up 1.2%
Rank
15th
of 26 groups
All-time high
111,062 1000 ha
in 2001
All-time low
106,303 1000 ha
in 2023
Years of data
24
2001–2024

Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Northern Europe, 2001–2024

025.0k50.0k75.0k100.0k2001201220242001: 111.1k 1000 ha2002: 110.2k 1000 ha2003: 108.1k 1000 ha2004: 108.9k 1000 ha2005: 109.4k 1000 ha2006: 110.5k 1000 ha2007: 110.3k 1000 ha2008: 109.6k 1000 ha2009: 108.4k 1000 ha2010: 108.0k 1000 ha2011: 108.6k 1000 ha2012: 108.2k 1000 ha2013: 108.6k 1000 ha2014: 108.4k 1000 ha2015: 107.0k 1000 ha2016: 106.5k 1000 ha2017: 106.5k 1000 ha2018: 107.0k 1000 ha2019: 107.1k 1000 ha2020: 106.7k 1000 ha2021: 107.1k 1000 ha2022: 106.5k 1000 ha2023: 106.3k 1000 ha2024: 107.6k 1000 ha

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.

Analysis

Northern Europe recorded 107,628 1000 ha for tree-covered areas — area from modis in 2024.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.2% on the previous year and down 0.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, tree-covered areas — area from modis in Northern Europe peaked at 111,062 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 106,303 1000 ha, in 2023.

Northern Europe ranks 15th of 26 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.

Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Northern Europe, year by year

Annual values for Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Northern Europe, 2001 to 2024.
Year 1000 ha Change
2001 111,062 1000 ha —
2002 110,231 1000 ha -0.7%
2003 108,105 1000 ha -1.9%
2004 108,930 1000 ha +0.8%
2005 109,419 1000 ha +0.4%
2006 110,451 1000 ha +0.9%
2007 110,301 1000 ha -0.1%
2008 109,632 1000 ha -0.6%
2009 108,435 1000 ha -1.1%
2010 107,957 1000 ha -0.4%
2011 108,630 1000 ha +0.6%
2012 108,184 1000 ha -0.4%
2013 108,605 1000 ha +0.4%
2014 108,381 1000 ha -0.2%
2015 107,018 1000 ha -1.3%
2016 106,481 1000 ha -0.5%
2017 106,475 1000 ha -0.0%
2018 106,979 1000 ha +0.5%
2019 107,142 1000 ha +0.2%
2020 106,698 1000 ha -0.4%
2021 107,111 1000 ha +0.4%
2022 106,491 1000 ha -0.6%
2023 106,303 1000 ha -0.2%
2024 107,628 1000 ha +1.2%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 109,618 1000 ha 108,105 1000 ha 111,062 1000 ha 9
2010s 107,585 1000 ha 106,475 1000 ha 108,630 1000 ha 10
2020s 106,846 1000 ha 106,303 1000 ha 107,628 1000 ha 5

Countries ranked near Northern Europe

  1. 12 Angola 72,958 1000 ha compare
  2. 12 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 1,991 1000 ha compare
  3. 13 Argentina 58,070 1000 ha compare
  4. 13 Timor-Leste 1,309 1000 ha compare
  5. 14 Central African Republic 57,865 1000 ha compare
  6. 14 Polynesia 555.2 1000 ha compare
  7. 15 India 56,132 1000 ha compare
  8. 15 Republic of Moldova 282.03 1000 ha compare
  9. 16 Mozambique 55,386 1000 ha compare
  10. 16 Syrian Arab Republic 149.14 1000 ha compare
  11. 17 Zambia 50,061 1000 ha compare
  12. 17 Micronesia 131.33 1000 ha compare
  13. 18 Micronesia (Federated States of) 44.1 1000 ha compare
  14. 18 Myanmar 47,198 1000 ha compare

See the full ranking of 269 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is tree-covered areas — area from modis in Northern Europe?
Tree-covered areas — area from modis in Northern Europe was 107,628 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 Europe?
The highest recorded value was 111,062 1000 ha in 2001.
What is the lowest tree-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Northern Europe?
The lowest recorded value was 106,303 1000 ha in 2023.
How does Northern Europe rank for tree-covered areas — area from modis?
Northern Europe ranks 15th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
Is tree-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in Northern Europe?
Over the last ten years it is down 0.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Northern Europe 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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Indicator
Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS
Unit
1000 ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
269 places, 6,390 data points, 2001–2024
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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.