Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Polynesia

Polynesia: Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 555.2 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
555.2 1000 ha
Change on year
up 0.7%
World rank
14th
of 20 countries
All-time high
558.52 1000 ha
in 2017
All-time low
473.2 1000 ha
in 2001
Years of data
24
2001–2024

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

02004006002001201220242001: 473.2 1000 ha2002: 531.9 1000 ha2003: 542.4 1000 ha2004: 547.2 1000 ha2005: 547.5 1000 ha2006: 548.7 1000 ha2007: 547.1 1000 ha2008: 543.7 1000 ha2009: 540.8 1000 ha2010: 543.2 1000 ha2011: 542.8 1000 ha2012: 547 1000 ha2013: 551.6 1000 ha2014: 550.3 1000 ha2015: 552.8 1000 ha2016: 555.6 1000 ha2017: 558.5 1000 ha2018: 557.5 1000 ha2019: 557.3 1000 ha2020: 557.8 1000 ha2021: 552.4 1000 ha2022: 548.2 1000 ha2023: 551.3 1000 ha2024: 555.2 1000 ha

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

Analysis

Polynesia recorded 555.2 1000 ha for tree-covered areas — area from modis in 2024.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 0.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, tree-covered areas — area from modis in Polynesia peaked at 558.52 1000 ha in 2017 and was at its lowest, 473.2 1000 ha, in 2001.

That places Polynesia 14th out of 20 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 Polynesia, year by year

Annual values for Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Polynesia, 2001 to 2024.
Year 1000 ha Change
2001 473.2 1000 ha —
2002 531.92 1000 ha +12.4%
2003 542.44 1000 ha +2.0%
2004 547.24 1000 ha +0.9%
2005 547.47 1000 ha +0.0%
2006 548.67 1000 ha +0.2%
2007 547.1 1000 ha -0.3%
2008 543.67 1000 ha -0.6%
2009 540.82 1000 ha -0.5%
2010 543.17 1000 ha +0.4%
2011 542.75 1000 ha -0.1%
2012 547.01 1000 ha +0.8%
2013 551.64 1000 ha +0.8%
2014 550.27 1000 ha -0.2%
2015 552.75 1000 ha +0.5%
2016 555.65 1000 ha +0.5%
2017 558.52 1000 ha +0.5%
2018 557.48 1000 ha -0.2%
2019 557.28 1000 ha -0.0%
2020 557.81 1000 ha +0.1%
2021 552.35 1000 ha -1.0%
2022 548.18 1000 ha -0.8%
2023 551.34 1000 ha +0.6%
2024 555.2 1000 ha +0.7%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 535.84 1000 ha 473.2 1000 ha 548.67 1000 ha 9
2010s 551.65 1000 ha 542.75 1000 ha 558.52 1000 ha 10
2020s 552.98 1000 ha 548.18 1000 ha 557.81 1000 ha 5

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Frequently asked questions

What is tree-covered areas — area from modis in Polynesia?
Tree-covered areas — area from modis in Polynesia was 555.2 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 Polynesia?
The highest recorded value was 558.52 1000 ha in 2017.
What is the lowest tree-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Polynesia?
The lowest recorded value was 473.2 1000 ha in 2001.
How does Polynesia rank for tree-covered areas — area from modis?
Polynesia ranks 14th out of 20 countries with data for 2024.
Is tree-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in Polynesia?
Over the last ten years it is up 0.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Polynesia 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.