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

Latest (2024)
43,688 1000 ha
Change on year
up 0.2%
World rank
23rd
of 240 countries
All-time high
43,771 1000 ha
in 2007
All-time low
42,576 1000 ha
in 2001
Years of data
24
2001–2024

Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Papua New Guinea, 2001–2024

010.0k20.0k30.0k40.0k2001201220242001: 42.6k 1000 ha2002: 43.3k 1000 ha2003: 43.5k 1000 ha2004: 43.5k 1000 ha2005: 43.7k 1000 ha2006: 43.7k 1000 ha2007: 43.8k 1000 ha2008: 43.7k 1000 ha2009: 43.7k 1000 ha2010: 43.7k 1000 ha2011: 43.7k 1000 ha2012: 43.7k 1000 ha2013: 43.7k 1000 ha2014: 43.7k 1000 ha2015: 43.6k 1000 ha2016: 43.5k 1000 ha2017: 43.5k 1000 ha2018: 43.5k 1000 ha2019: 43.6k 1000 ha2020: 43.6k 1000 ha2021: 43.5k 1000 ha2022: 43.5k 1000 ha2023: 43.6k 1000 ha2024: 43.7k 1000 ha

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 23rd out of 240 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest 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

  1. 20 Zambia 50,061 1000 ha compare
  2. 21 Myanmar 47,198 1000 ha compare
  3. 22 United Republic of Tanzania 46,236 1000 ha compare
  4. 24 Cameroon 37,924 1000 ha compare
  5. 25 South Sudan 37,531 1000 ha compare
  6. 26 Sweden 35,828 1000 ha compare

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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 23rd out of 240 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

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
Last refreshed

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.