Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 16.91 1000 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Saudi Arabia, 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 Saudi Arabia stood at 16.91 1000 ha. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 88.9% on the previous year and up 463.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tree-covered areas — area from modis in Saudi Arabia peaked at 16.91 1000 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1.67 1000 ha, in 2010.
Saudi Arabia ranks 185th of 240 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3.41 1000 ha | 2.25 1000 ha | 4.24 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 4.15 1000 ha | 1.67 1000 ha | 9.39 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 9.11 1000 ha | 4.22 1000 ha | 16.91 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Saudi Arabia
- 182 Niue 24.25 1000 ha compare
- 183 Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha 17.76 1000 ha compare
- 184 Uzbekistan 17.21 1000 ha compare
- 186 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 16.12 1000 ha compare
- 187 United States Virgin Islands 16.01 1000 ha compare
- 188 Saint Kitts and Nevis 15.38 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Saudi Arabia
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 71.44 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 3,279 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 79.55 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 97.39 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 171,000 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 0.16 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 289 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 2.45 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 4,300 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Area per capita 0.14 ha/cap (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tree-covered areas — area from modis in Saudi Arabia?
- Tree-covered areas — area from modis in Saudi Arabia was 16.91 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 Saudi Arabia?
- The highest recorded value was 16.91 1000 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest tree-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.67 1000 ha in 2010.
- How does Saudi Arabia rank for tree-covered areas — area from modis?
- Saudi Arabia ranks 185th out of 240 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tree-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 463.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Saudi Arabia 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.