Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea: Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 43,688 1000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Papua New Guinea, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Papua New Guinea recorded 43,688 1000 ha for tree-covered areas — area from modis in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tree-covered areas — area from modis in Papua New Guinea peaked at 43,771 1000 ha in 2007 and was at its lowest, 42,576 1000 ha, in 2001.
That places Papua New Guinea 19th out of 223 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Papua New Guinea, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 42,576 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 43,315 1000 ha | +1.7% |
| 2003 | 43,472 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 43,520 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 43,661 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 43,727 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 43,771 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 43,728 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 43,695 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 43,661 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 43,679 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 43,704 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 43,710 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 43,656 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 43,568 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 43,541 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 43,548 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 43,539 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2019 | 43,552 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 43,573 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 43,532 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 43,502 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 43,581 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 43,688 1000 ha | +0.2% |
Papua New Guinea compared with similar countries
- Papua New Guinea's 43,688 1000 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 2,158 1000 ha, 20.2× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Papua New Guinea's 43,688 1000 ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 1,717 1000 ha, 25.4× the median. (27 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 43,496 1000 ha | 42,576 1000 ha | 43,771 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 43,616 1000 ha | 43,539 1000 ha | 43,710 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 43,575 1000 ha | 43,502 1000 ha | 43,688 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Papua New Guinea
- 16 Mozambique 55,386 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
- 20 Cameroon 37,924 1000 ha compare
- 20 Côte d'Ivoire 27,064 1000 ha compare
- 20 Wallis and Futuna Islands 6.09 1000 ha compare
- 21 South Sudan 37,531 1000 ha compare
- 22 Sweden 35,828 1000 ha compare
- 22 Caribbean 15,754 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Papua New Guinea
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 1.56 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 2.24 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.183 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.834 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.9266 % 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 0.6032 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tree-covered areas — area from modis in Papua New Guinea?
- Tree-covered areas — area from modis in Papua New Guinea was 43,688 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 Papua New Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 43,771 1000 ha in 2007.
- What is the lowest tree-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 42,576 1000 ha in 2001.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank for tree-covered areas — area from modis?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 19th out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tree-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in Papua New Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Papua New Guinea 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.