Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Romania

Romania: Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 10,841 1000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat

Latest (2024)
10,841 1000 ha
Change on year
up 0.0%
World rank
59th
of 240 countries
All-time high
11,187 1000 ha
in 2006
All-time low
10,518 1000 ha
in 2003
Years of data
24
2001–2024

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

02.5k5.0k7.5k10.0k2001201220242001: 10.9k 1000 ha2002: 10.9k 1000 ha2003: 10.5k 1000 ha2004: 10.8k 1000 ha2005: 11.1k 1000 ha2006: 11.2k 1000 ha2007: 11.2k 1000 ha2008: 11.1k 1000 ha2009: 10.9k 1000 ha2010: 11.1k 1000 ha2011: 10.9k 1000 ha2012: 10.6k 1000 ha2013: 10.7k 1000 ha2014: 10.8k 1000 ha2015: 11.0k 1000 ha2016: 11.1k 1000 ha2017: 11.2k 1000 ha2018: 11.0k 1000 ha2019: 10.9k 1000 ha2020: 11.0k 1000 ha2021: 10.8k 1000 ha2022: 10.8k 1000 ha2023: 10.8k 1000 ha2024: 10.8k 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 Romania stood at 10,841 1000 ha.

That represents a change of up 0.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, tree-covered areas — area from modis in Romania peaked at 11,187 1000 ha in 2006 and was at its lowest, 10,518 1000 ha, in 2003.

That places Romania 59th out of 240 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 10,940 1000 ha 10,518 1000 ha 11,187 1000 ha 9
2010s 10,920 1000 ha 10,579 1000 ha 11,166 1000 ha 10
2020s 10,863 1000 ha 10,770 1000 ha 11,024 1000 ha 5

Countries ranked near Romania

  1. 56 Poland 12,853 1000 ha compare
  2. 57 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 12,772 1000 ha compare
  3. 58 Belarus 12,532 1000 ha compare
  4. 60 Nicaragua 10,340 1000 ha compare
  5. 61 Honduras 10,135 1000 ha compare
  6. 62 Ghana 10,020 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is tree-covered areas — area from modis in Romania?
Tree-covered areas — area from modis in Romania was 10,841 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 Romania?
The highest recorded value was 11,187 1000 ha in 2006.
What is the lowest tree-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Romania?
The lowest recorded value was 10,518 1000 ha in 2003.
How does Romania rank for tree-covered areas — area from modis?
Romania ranks 59th out of 240 countries with data for 2024.
Is tree-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in Romania?
Over the last ten years it is up 0.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Romania 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
Last refreshed

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.