Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Paraguay
Paraguay: Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 30,765 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Paraguay, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Paraguay recorded 30,765 1000 ha for tree-covered areas — area from modis in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
The figure is down 1.4% on the previous year and down 8.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tree-covered areas — area from modis in Paraguay peaked at 35,485 1000 ha in 2002 and was at its lowest, 30,765 1000 ha, in 2024.
That places Paraguay 24th out of 223 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Paraguay, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 34,957 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 35,485 1000 ha | +1.5% |
| 2003 | 35,047 1000 ha | -1.2% |
| 2004 | 34,774 1000 ha | -0.8% |
| 2005 | 34,552 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2006 | 34,291 1000 ha | -0.8% |
| 2007 | 34,102 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2008 | 33,927 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2009 | 33,949 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 33,641 1000 ha | -0.9% |
| 2011 | 33,384 1000 ha | -0.8% |
| 2012 | 33,608 1000 ha | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 33,468 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2014 | 33,666 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 33,762 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 33,515 1000 ha | -0.7% |
| 2017 | 33,412 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 33,106 1000 ha | -0.9% |
| 2019 | 33,343 1000 ha | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 32,948 1000 ha | -1.2% |
| 2021 | 32,148 1000 ha | -2.4% |
| 2022 | 31,634 1000 ha | -1.6% |
| 2023 | 31,210 1000 ha | -1.3% |
| 2024 | 30,765 1000 ha | -1.4% |
Paraguay compared with similar countries
- Paraguay's 30,765 1000 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2,768 1000 ha, 11.1× the median. (52 countries reporting)
- Paraguay's 30,765 1000 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1,846 1000 ha, 16.7× the median. (37 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 34,565 1000 ha | 33,927 1000 ha | 35,485 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 33,491 1000 ha | 33,106 1000 ha | 33,762 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 31,741 1000 ha | 30,765 1000 ha | 32,948 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Paraguay
More environment data for Paraguay
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -8.73 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -7.6 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.45 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.698 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 2.35 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 1.19 % 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 0.2789 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tree-covered areas — area from modis in Paraguay?
- Tree-covered areas — area from modis in Paraguay was 30,765 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 Paraguay?
- The highest recorded value was 35,485 1000 ha in 2002.
- What is the lowest tree-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Paraguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 30,765 1000 ha in 2024.
- How does Paraguay rank for tree-covered areas — area from modis?
- Paraguay ranks 24th out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tree-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in Paraguay?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Paraguay 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.