Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Republic of Korea

Republic of Korea: Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 6,821 1000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat

Latest (2024)
6,821 1000 ha
Change on year
up 1.0%
World rank
65th
of 218 countries
All-time high
6,896 1000 ha
in 2017
All-time low
6,668 1000 ha
in 2022
Years of data
24
2001–2024

Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Republic of Korea, 2001–2024

02.0k4.0k6.0k2001201220242001: 6.7k 1000 ha2002: 6.8k 1000 ha2003: 6.9k 1000 ha2004: 6.9k 1000 ha2005: 6.9k 1000 ha2006: 6.9k 1000 ha2007: 6.9k 1000 ha2008: 6.8k 1000 ha2009: 6.8k 1000 ha2010: 6.8k 1000 ha2011: 6.8k 1000 ha2012: 6.8k 1000 ha2013: 6.8k 1000 ha2014: 6.8k 1000 ha2015: 6.8k 1000 ha2016: 6.9k 1000 ha2017: 6.9k 1000 ha2018: 6.9k 1000 ha2019: 6.9k 1000 ha2020: 6.9k 1000 ha2021: 6.8k 1000 ha2022: 6.7k 1000 ha2023: 6.8k 1000 ha2024: 6.8k 1000 ha

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

Analysis

In 2024, tree-covered areas — area from modis in Republic of Korea stood at 6,821 1000 ha.

The figure is up 1.0% on the previous year and up 0.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, tree-covered areas — area from modis in Republic of Korea peaked at 6,896 1000 ha in 2017 and was at its lowest, 6,668 1000 ha, in 2022.

That places Republic of Korea 65th out of 218 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 6,843 1000 ha 6,718 1000 ha 6,886 1000 ha 9
2010s 6,845 1000 ha 6,804 1000 ha 6,896 1000 ha 10
2020s 6,789 1000 ha 6,668 1000 ha 6,877 1000 ha 5

Countries ranked near Republic of Korea

  1. 62 Cuba 7,543 1000 ha compare
  2. 63 Mongolia 7,232 1000 ha compare
  3. 64 Greece 7,007 1000 ha compare
  4. 66 Panama 6,779 1000 ha compare
  5. 67 Sierra Leone 6,529 1000 ha compare
  6. 68 Kenya 5,661 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is tree-covered areas — area from modis in Republic of Korea?
Tree-covered areas — area from modis in Republic of Korea was 6,821 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 Republic of Korea?
The highest recorded value was 6,896 1000 ha in 2017.
What is the lowest tree-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Republic of Korea?
The lowest recorded value was 6,668 1000 ha in 2022.
How does Republic of Korea rank for tree-covered areas — area from modis?
Republic of Korea ranks 65th out of 218 countries with data for 2024.
Is tree-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in Republic of Korea?
Over the last ten years it is up 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Republic of Korea 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.