Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 10,333 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Southern Africa, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Southern Africa recorded 10,333 1000 ha for tree-covered areas — area from modis in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and up 5.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tree-covered areas — area from modis in Southern Africa peaked at 10,475 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 7,826 1000 ha, in 2005.
Southern Africa ranks 23rd of 26 groups 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 Southern Africa, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 10,475 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 9,093 1000 ha | -13.2% |
| 2003 | 8,216 1000 ha | -9.6% |
| 2004 | 8,206 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 7,826 1000 ha | -4.6% |
| 2006 | 8,350 1000 ha | +6.7% |
| 2007 | 8,059 1000 ha | -3.5% |
| 2008 | 8,103 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2009 | 8,519 1000 ha | +5.1% |
| 2010 | 8,588 1000 ha | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 9,295 1000 ha | +8.2% |
| 2012 | 9,649 1000 ha | +3.8% |
| 2013 | 9,901 1000 ha | +2.6% |
| 2014 | 9,788 1000 ha | -1.1% |
| 2015 | 9,187 1000 ha | -6.1% |
| 2016 | 8,653 1000 ha | -5.8% |
| 2017 | 8,626 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 8,936 1000 ha | +3.6% |
| 2019 | 8,903 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 8,818 1000 ha | -1.0% |
| 2021 | 9,038 1000 ha | +2.5% |
| 2022 | 9,875 1000 ha | +9.3% |
| 2023 | 10,346 1000 ha | +4.8% |
| 2024 | 10,333 1000 ha | -0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 8,539 1000 ha | 7,826 1000 ha | 10,475 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 9,152 1000 ha | 8,588 1000 ha | 9,901 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 9,682 1000 ha | 8,818 1000 ha | 10,346 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Southern Africa
- 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
- 21 South Sudan 37,531 1000 ha compare
- 22 Sweden 35,828 1000 ha compare
- 22 Caribbean 15,754 1000 ha compare
- 23 Sudan (former) 33,352 1000 ha compare
- 24 Paraguay 30,765 1000 ha compare
- 25 Malaysia 30,122 1000 ha compare
- 26 Cabo Verde 0.24 1000 ha compare
- 26 Congo 29,947 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Southern Africa
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 4.17 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 7.61 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.282 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.892 °C (2025)
- Wood fuel, coniferous — Production 770,000 m3 (2024)
- Roundwood, non-coniferous — Production 27.42 million m3 (2024)
- Wood fuel, non-coniferous — Production 17.80 million m3 (2024)
- Industrial roundwood — Production 17.26 million m3 (2024)
- Industrial roundwood — Import quantity 161,260 m3 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tree-covered areas — area from modis in Southern Africa?
- Tree-covered areas — area from modis in Southern Africa was 10,333 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 Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 10,475 1000 ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest tree-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,826 1000 ha in 2005.
- How does Southern Africa rank for tree-covered areas — area from modis?
- Southern Africa ranks 23rd out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is tree-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Southern Africa 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.