Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Pakistan
Pakistan: Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 2,540 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Pakistan, 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 Pakistan is 2,540 1000 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 5.0% on the previous year and up 42.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tree-covered areas — area from modis in Pakistan peaked at 2,674 1000 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 1,558 1000 ha, in 2010.
Pakistan ranks 95th 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 Pakistan, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 1,602 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 1,697 1000 ha | +5.9% |
| 2003 | 1,559 1000 ha | -8.1% |
| 2004 | 1,691 1000 ha | +8.5% |
| 2005 | 1,679 1000 ha | -0.7% |
| 2006 | 1,584 1000 ha | -5.6% |
| 2007 | 1,626 1000 ha | +2.6% |
| 2008 | 1,711 1000 ha | +5.2% |
| 2009 | 1,682 1000 ha | -1.7% |
| 2010 | 1,558 1000 ha | -7.4% |
| 2011 | 1,592 1000 ha | +2.1% |
| 2012 | 1,626 1000 ha | +2.1% |
| 2013 | 1,678 1000 ha | +3.2% |
| 2014 | 1,788 1000 ha | +6.6% |
| 2015 | 1,973 1000 ha | +10.3% |
| 2016 | 2,051 1000 ha | +4.0% |
| 2017 | 2,028 1000 ha | -1.1% |
| 2018 | 2,192 1000 ha | +8.1% |
| 2019 | 2,338 1000 ha | +6.7% |
| 2020 | 2,581 1000 ha | +10.4% |
| 2021 | 2,670 1000 ha | +3.4% |
| 2022 | 2,406 1000 ha | -9.9% |
| 2023 | 2,674 1000 ha | +11.1% |
| 2024 | 2,540 1000 ha | -5.0% |
Pakistan compared with similar countries
- Pakistan's 2,540 1000 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 2,158 1000 ha, 1.2× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Pakistan's 2,540 1000 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 16.91 1000 ha, 150.2× the median. (21 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1,648 1000 ha | 1,559 1000 ha | 1,711 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 1,882 1000 ha | 1,558 1000 ha | 2,338 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,574 1000 ha | 2,406 1000 ha | 2,674 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Pakistan
- 92 Equatorial Guinea 2,612 1000 ha compare
- 93 China, Taiwan Province of 2,610 1000 ha compare
- 94 Solomon Islands 2,568 1000 ha compare
- 96 Chad 2,326 1000 ha compare
- 97 Benin 2,158 1000 ha compare
- 98 Hungary 2,119 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Pakistan
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -10.53 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -7.64 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.373 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.58 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.7034 % 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 3.1 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tree-covered areas — area from modis in Pakistan?
- Tree-covered areas — area from modis in Pakistan was 2,540 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 Pakistan?
- The highest recorded value was 2,674 1000 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest tree-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Pakistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,558 1000 ha in 2010.
- How does Pakistan rank for tree-covered areas — area from modis?
- Pakistan ranks 95th out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tree-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in Pakistan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 42.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Pakistan 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.