Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Somalia

Somalia: Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 350.43 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
350.43 1000 ha
Change on year
up 32.1%
World rank
142nd
of 240 countries
All-time high
764.39 1000 ha
in 2002
All-time low
184.26 1000 ha
in 2017
Years of data
24
2001–2024

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

2004006008002001201220242001: 642.8 1000 ha2002: 764.4 1000 ha2003: 736.5 1000 ha2004: 761.6 1000 ha2005: 598.5 1000 ha2006: 659.1 1000 ha2007: 710.9 1000 ha2008: 477.1 1000 ha2009: 389.6 1000 ha2010: 336 1000 ha2011: 270.4 1000 ha2012: 205.5 1000 ha2013: 244 1000 ha2014: 260.3 1000 ha2015: 315.6 1000 ha2016: 214.1 1000 ha2017: 184.3 1000 ha2018: 228.4 1000 ha2019: 288.9 1000 ha2020: 417.1 1000 ha2021: 314.8 1000 ha2022: 245 1000 ha2023: 265.3 1000 ha2024: 350.4 1000 ha

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

Analysis

The most recent figure for tree-covered areas — area from modis in Somalia is 350.43 1000 ha, measured in 2024.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 32.1% on the previous year and up 34.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, tree-covered areas — area from modis in Somalia peaked at 764.39 1000 ha in 2002 and was at its lowest, 184.26 1000 ha, in 2017.

Somalia ranks 142nd of 240 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 637.85 1000 ha 389.62 1000 ha 764.39 1000 ha 9
2010s 254.74 1000 ha 184.26 1000 ha 336 1000 ha 10
2020s 318.55 1000 ha 245.03 1000 ha 417.15 1000 ha 5

Countries ranked near Somalia

  1. 139 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 533.62 1000 ha compare
  2. 140 Bahamas 456.91 1000 ha compare
  3. 141 Trinidad and Tobago 381.16 1000 ha compare
  4. 143 Armenia 338.01 1000 ha compare
  5. 144 Iceland 321.22 1000 ha compare
  6. 145 Republic of Moldova 282.03 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is tree-covered areas — area from modis in Somalia?
Tree-covered areas — area from modis in Somalia was 350.43 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 Somalia?
The highest recorded value was 764.39 1000 ha in 2002.
What is the lowest tree-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Somalia?
The lowest recorded value was 184.26 1000 ha in 2017.
How does Somalia rank for tree-covered areas — area from modis?
Somalia ranks 142nd out of 240 countries with data for 2024.
Is tree-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in Somalia?
Over the last ten years it is up 34.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Somalia 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.