Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands: Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 0.22 1000 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, 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 Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands is 0.22 1000 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 8.3% on the previous year and up 266.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tree-covered areas — area from modis in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands peaked at 0.32 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 0.02 1000 ha, in 2003.
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands ranks 204th of 223 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 0.32 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 0.15 1000 ha | -53.1% |
| 2003 | 0.02 1000 ha | -86.7% |
| 2004 | 0.04 1000 ha | +100.0% |
| 2005 | 0.02 1000 ha | -50.0% |
| 2006 | 0.02 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.02 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.06 1000 ha | +200.0% |
| 2009 | 0.06 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.09 1000 ha | +50.0% |
| 2011 | 0.28 1000 ha | +211.1% |
| 2012 | 0.15 1000 ha | -46.4% |
| 2013 | 0.13 1000 ha | -13.3% |
| 2014 | 0.06 1000 ha | -53.8% |
| 2015 | 0.06 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.09 1000 ha | +50.0% |
| 2017 | 0.09 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.13 1000 ha | +44.4% |
| 2019 | 0.13 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.17 1000 ha | +30.8% |
| 2021 | 0.15 1000 ha | -11.8% |
| 2022 | 0.22 1000 ha | +46.7% |
| 2023 | 0.24 1000 ha | +9.1% |
| 2024 | 0.22 1000 ha | -8.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.0789 1000 ha | 0.02 1000 ha | 0.32 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.121 1000 ha | 0.06 1000 ha | 0.28 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2 1000 ha | 0.15 1000 ha | 0.24 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
- 202 Bermuda 0.3 1000 ha compare
- 203 Antarctica 0.24 1000 ha compare
- 205 Mauritania 0.17 1000 ha compare
- 206 Burkina Faso 0.11 1000 ha compare
- 207 United Arab Emirates 0.09 1000 ha compare
More environment data for South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 3.08 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.35 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.429 °C (2025)
- Exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 0.2512 Percentage change (2024)
- Mangroves — Area from CCI_LC 0 1000 ha (2022)
- Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC 0 1000 ha (2022)
- Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded 0 1000 ha (2022)
- Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC 2.06 1000 ha (2022)
- Terrestrial barren land — Area from CCI_LC 40.06 1000 ha (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tree-covered areas — area from modis in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands?
- Tree-covered areas — area from modis in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands was 0.22 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 Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 0.32 1000 ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest tree-covered areas — area from modis recorded in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.02 1000 ha in 2003.
- How does South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands rank for tree-covered areas — area from modis?
- South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands ranks 204th out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tree-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is up 266.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands 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.