Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Singapore
Singapore: Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 14.83 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Singapore, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Singapore recorded 14.83 1000 ha for tree-covered areas — area from modis in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.6% on the previous year and down 0.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tree-covered areas — area from modis in Singapore peaked at 15.67 1000 ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 10.6 1000 ha, in 2001.
Singapore ranks 175th of 223 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Singapore, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 10.6 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 12.02 1000 ha | +13.4% |
| 2003 | 12.98 1000 ha | +8.0% |
| 2004 | 14.54 1000 ha | +12.0% |
| 2005 | 14.72 1000 ha | +1.2% |
| 2006 | 15.39 1000 ha | +4.6% |
| 2007 | 15.04 1000 ha | -2.3% |
| 2008 | 14.92 1000 ha | -0.8% |
| 2009 | 14.79 1000 ha | -0.9% |
| 2010 | 14.32 1000 ha | -3.2% |
| 2011 | 14.19 1000 ha | -0.9% |
| 2012 | 14.68 1000 ha | +3.5% |
| 2013 | 14.87 1000 ha | +1.3% |
| 2014 | 14.94 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 14.7 1000 ha | -1.6% |
| 2016 | 14.7 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 14.79 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 15.43 1000 ha | +4.3% |
| 2019 | 15.67 1000 ha | +1.6% |
| 2020 | 14.88 1000 ha | -5.0% |
| 2021 | 14.54 1000 ha | -2.3% |
| 2022 | 14.04 1000 ha | -3.4% |
| 2023 | 14.45 1000 ha | +2.9% |
| 2024 | 14.83 1000 ha | +2.6% |
Singapore compared with similar countries
- Singapore's 14.83 1000 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 456.91 1000 ha, 3% of the median. (73 countries reporting)
- Singapore's 14.83 1000 ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 1,717 1000 ha, 1% of the median. (27 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 13.89 1000 ha | 10.6 1000 ha | 15.39 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 14.83 1000 ha | 14.19 1000 ha | 15.67 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 14.55 1000 ha | 14.04 1000 ha | 14.88 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Singapore
- 172 United States Virgin Islands 16.01 1000 ha compare
- 173 Saint Kitts and Nevis 15.38 1000 ha compare
- 174 Seychelles 15.35 1000 ha compare
- 176 Faroe Islands 13.86 1000 ha compare
- 177 Turks and Caicos Islands 12.03 1000 ha compare
- 178 Liechtenstein 9.91 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Singapore
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -1.71 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -0.9965 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 42.94 % change on previous year (1990)
- Standard Deviation 0.253 °C (1990)
- Temperature change 0.647 °C (1990)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 5.11 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate -5.19 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tree-covered areas — area from modis in Singapore?
- Tree-covered areas — area from modis in Singapore was 14.83 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 Singapore?
- The highest recorded value was 15.67 1000 ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest tree-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Singapore?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.6 1000 ha in 2001.
- How does Singapore rank for tree-covered areas — area from modis?
- Singapore ranks 175th out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tree-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in Singapore?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Singapore 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.