Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in South America
South America: Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 1.11 million 1000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in South America, 2001–2024
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 South America is 1.11 million 1000 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.5% on the previous year and down 2.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tree-covered areas — area from modis in South America peaked at 1.15 million 1000 ha in 2002 and was at its lowest, 1.10 million 1000 ha, in 2022.
That places South America 4th out of 26 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in South America, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 1.14 million 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 1.15 million 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 1.14 million 1000 ha | -0.8% |
| 2004 | 1.13 million 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2005 | 1.13 million 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 1.13 million 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2007 | 1.12 million 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2008 | 1.12 million 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2009 | 1.13 million 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 1.12 million 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 1.13 million 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 1.13 million 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 1.13 million 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 1.13 million 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 1.12 million 1000 ha | -0.7% |
| 2016 | 1.11 million 1000 ha | -1.0% |
| 2017 | 1.11 million 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 1.10 million 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 1.11 million 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 1.11 million 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 1.10 million 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2022 | 1.10 million 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 1.10 million 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 1.11 million 1000 ha | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.13 million 1000 ha | 1.12 million 1000 ha | 1.15 million 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 1.12 million 1000 ha | 1.10 million 1000 ha | 1.13 million 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.10 million 1000 ha | 1.10 million 1000 ha | 1.11 million 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near South America
- 1 Russian Federation 922,274 1000 ha compare
- 2 Brazil 597,725 1000 ha compare
- 3 Canada 501,610 1000 ha compare
- 3 Democratic Republic of the Congo 220,821 1000 ha compare
- 4 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 70,293 1000 ha compare
- 4 China 270,880 1000 ha compare
- 5 China, mainland 268,203 1000 ha compare
- 5 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 68,863 1000 ha compare
- 6 Indonesia 165,940 1000 ha compare
- 6 Melanesia 50,572 1000 ha compare
- 7 Colombia 101,965 1000 ha compare
- 7 United Republic of Tanzania 46,236 1000 ha compare
More environment data for South America
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -6.52 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -4.98 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.218 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.23 °C (2025)
- Roundwood — Production 477.72 million m3 (2024)
- Roundwood, non-coniferous — Production 379.32 million m3 (2024)
- Roundwood, coniferous — Production 98.40 million m3 (2024)
- Roundwood — Export value 589,290 1000 USD (2024)
- Roundwood — Export quantity 4.28 million m3 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tree-covered areas — area from modis in South America?
- Tree-covered areas — area from modis in South America was 1.11 million 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 South America?
- The highest recorded value was 1.15 million 1000 ha in 2002.
- What is the lowest tree-covered areas — area from modis recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.10 million 1000 ha in 2022.
- How does South America rank for tree-covered areas — area from modis?
- South America ranks 4th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is tree-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this South America 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.