Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in South Sudan
South Sudan: Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 37,531 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in South Sudan, 2012–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
In 2024, tree-covered areas — area from modis in South Sudan stood at 37,531 1000 ha. That is the highest value across all 13 years on record.
The figure is up 2.1% on the previous year and up 12.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tree-covered areas — area from modis in South Sudan peaked at 37,531 1000 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 32,689 1000 ha, in 2012.
South Sudan ranks 21st of 223 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.
Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in South Sudan, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 32,689 1000 ha | — |
| 2013 | 32,749 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 33,512 1000 ha | +2.3% |
| 2015 | 33,683 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 33,711 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 34,142 1000 ha | +1.3% |
| 2018 | 34,675 1000 ha | +1.6% |
| 2019 | 34,972 1000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 36,599 1000 ha | +4.7% |
| 2021 | 36,808 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 36,089 1000 ha | -2.0% |
| 2023 | 36,744 1000 ha | +1.8% |
| 2024 | 37,531 1000 ha | +2.1% |
South Sudan compared with similar countries
- South Sudan's 37,531 1000 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 1,595 1000 ha, 23.5× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- South Sudan's 37,531 1000 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 2,469 1000 ha, 15.2× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 33,767 1000 ha | 32,689 1000 ha | 34,972 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2020s | 36,754 1000 ha | 36,089 1000 ha | 37,531 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near South Sudan
- 18 Micronesia (Federated States of) 44.1 1000 ha compare
- 18 Myanmar 47,198 1000 ha compare
- 19 Papua New Guinea 43,688 1000 ha compare
- 20 Cameroon 37,924 1000 ha compare
- 20 Côte d'Ivoire 27,064 1000 ha compare
- 20 Wallis and Futuna Islands 6.09 1000 ha compare
- 22 Sweden 35,828 1000 ha compare
- 22 Caribbean 15,754 1000 ha compare
- 23 Sudan (former) 33,352 1000 ha
- 24 Paraguay 30,765 1000 ha compare
More environment data for South Sudan
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -18.33 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -17.71 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.283 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.92 °C (2025)
- Cropland — Area 2,478 1000 ha (2024)
- Cooling Degree Days 7,171 (2024)
- Agricultural land — Value of agricultural production (Int. $) per Area 132.71 USD_PPP/ha (2024)
- Agricultural land — Share in Land area 44.71 % (2024)
- Agricultural land — Area 28,251 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tree-covered areas — area from modis in South Sudan?
- Tree-covered areas — area from modis in South Sudan was 37,531 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 Sudan?
- The highest recorded value was 37,531 1000 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest tree-covered areas — area from modis recorded in South Sudan?
- The lowest recorded value was 32,689 1000 ha in 2012.
- How does South Sudan rank for tree-covered areas — area from modis?
- South Sudan ranks 21st out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tree-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in South Sudan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this South Sudan 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.