Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico: Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 605.33 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Puerto Rico, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
In 2024, tree-covered areas — area from modis in Puerto Rico stood at 605.33 1000 ha.
The figure is down 0.8% on the previous year and down 2.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tree-covered areas — area from modis in Puerto Rico peaked at 649.64 1000 ha in 2017 and was at its lowest, 541.95 1000 ha, in 2001.
That places Puerto Rico 124th out of 223 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 Puerto Rico, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 541.95 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 553.23 1000 ha | +2.1% |
| 2003 | 557.23 1000 ha | +0.7% |
| 2004 | 572.86 1000 ha | +2.8% |
| 2005 | 559.58 1000 ha | -2.3% |
| 2006 | 567.76 1000 ha | +1.5% |
| 2007 | 571.54 1000 ha | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 585.54 1000 ha | +2.4% |
| 2009 | 599.68 1000 ha | +2.4% |
| 2010 | 612.42 1000 ha | +2.1% |
| 2011 | 606.19 1000 ha | -1.0% |
| 2012 | 621.39 1000 ha | +2.5% |
| 2013 | 615.63 1000 ha | -0.9% |
| 2014 | 623.25 1000 ha | +1.2% |
| 2015 | 635.99 1000 ha | +2.0% |
| 2016 | 645.66 1000 ha | +1.5% |
| 2017 | 649.64 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 640.45 1000 ha | -1.4% |
| 2019 | 635.82 1000 ha | -0.7% |
| 2020 | 636.91 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 633.67 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2022 | 615.83 1000 ha | -2.8% |
| 2023 | 610.1 1000 ha | -0.9% |
| 2024 | 605.33 1000 ha | -0.8% |
Puerto Rico compared with similar countries
- Puerto Rico's 605.33 1000 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 456.91 1000 ha, 1.3× the median. (73 countries reporting)
- Puerto Rico's 605.33 1000 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1,846 1000 ha, 33% of the median. (37 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 567.71 1000 ha | 541.95 1000 ha | 599.68 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 628.64 1000 ha | 606.19 1000 ha | 649.64 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 620.37 1000 ha | 605.33 1000 ha | 636.91 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Puerto Rico
- 121 Rwanda 658.09 1000 ha compare
- 122 Senegal 653.15 1000 ha compare
- 123 Afghanistan 605.46 1000 ha compare
- 125 Mali 560.84 1000 ha compare
- 126 Brunei Darussalam 544.2 1000 ha compare
- 127 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 533.62 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Puerto Rico
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -0.4091 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -0.5906 Percentage change (2025)
- Temperature change 1.16 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.268 °C (2025)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Value Standard 677.16 million SLC (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 22.04 1000 ha (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 30.48 % (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Value Standard 864.98 million SLC (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Value US$ 864.98 million USD (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tree-covered areas — area from modis in Puerto Rico?
- Tree-covered areas — area from modis in Puerto Rico was 605.33 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 Puerto Rico?
- The highest recorded value was 649.64 1000 ha in 2017.
- What is the lowest tree-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The lowest recorded value was 541.95 1000 ha in 2001.
- How does Puerto Rico rank for tree-covered areas — area from modis?
- Puerto Rico ranks 124th out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tree-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in Puerto Rico?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Puerto Rico 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.