Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Portugal

Portugal: Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 4,978 1000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat

Latest (2024)
4,978 1000 ha
Change on year
up 1.6%
World rank
81st
of 240 countries
All-time high
5,351 1000 ha
in 2016
All-time low
4,302 1000 ha
in 2007
Years of data
24
2001–2024

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

02.0k4.0k6.0k2001201220242001: 5.2k 1000 ha2002: 5.2k 1000 ha2003: 5.1k 1000 ha2004: 4.9k 1000 ha2005: 4.6k 1000 ha2006: 4.4k 1000 ha2007: 4.3k 1000 ha2008: 4.5k 1000 ha2009: 4.7k 1000 ha2010: 4.8k 1000 ha2011: 5.0k 1000 ha2012: 5.1k 1000 ha2013: 5.3k 1000 ha2014: 5.3k 1000 ha2015: 5.3k 1000 ha2016: 5.4k 1000 ha2017: 5.2k 1000 ha2018: 5.0k 1000 ha2019: 5.0k 1000 ha2020: 5.1k 1000 ha2021: 5.1k 1000 ha2022: 4.8k 1000 ha2023: 4.9k 1000 ha2024: 5.0k 1000 ha

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 Portugal is 4,978 1000 ha, measured in 2024.

The figure is up 1.6% on the previous year and down 6.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, tree-covered areas — area from modis in Portugal peaked at 5,351 1000 ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 4,302 1000 ha, in 2007.

Portugal ranks 81st of 240 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 4,774 1000 ha 4,302 1000 ha 5,249 1000 ha 9
2010s 5,138 1000 ha 4,843 1000 ha 5,351 1000 ha 10
2020s 4,969 1000 ha 4,834 1000 ha 5,075 1000 ha 5

Countries ranked near Portugal

  1. 78 Serbia and Montenegro 5,569 1000 ha compare
  2. 79 Austria 5,128 1000 ha compare
  3. 80 Sri Lanka 5,044 1000 ha compare
  4. 82 Serbia 4,859 1000 ha compare
  5. 83 Bulgaria 4,836 1000 ha compare
  6. 84 Latvia 4,703 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is tree-covered areas — area from modis in Portugal?
Tree-covered areas — area from modis in Portugal was 4,978 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 Portugal?
The highest recorded value was 5,351 1000 ha in 2016.
What is the lowest tree-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Portugal?
The lowest recorded value was 4,302 1000 ha in 2007.
How does Portugal rank for tree-covered areas — area from modis?
Portugal ranks 81st out of 240 countries with data for 2024.
Is tree-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in Portugal?
Over the last ten years it is down 6.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Portugal 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
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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.