Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Southern Europe
Southern Europe: Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 62,326 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Southern Europe, 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 Southern Europe is 62,326 1000 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.6% on the previous year and up 2.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tree-covered areas — area from modis in Southern Europe peaked at 62,385 1000 ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 56,036 1000 ha, in 2008.
That places Southern Europe 20th out of 29 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 57,216 1000 ha | 56,036 1000 ha | 59,253 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 60,446 1000 ha | 57,993 1000 ha | 62,385 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 61,873 1000 ha | 61,013 1000 ha | 62,352 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Southern Europe
- 17 India 56,132 1000 ha compare
- 18 Mozambique 55,386 1000 ha compare
- 19 Melanesia 50,572 1000 ha compare
- 20 Zambia 50,061 1000 ha compare
- 21 Myanmar 47,198 1000 ha compare
- 22 United Republic of Tanzania 46,236 1000 ha compare
- 23 Papua New Guinea 43,688 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Southern Europe
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Agricultural Use 655,768 t (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per area of cropland 60.53 kg/ha (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per capita 14.41 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 17.49 g/Int$ (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Import quantity 786,776 t (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per capita 4.34 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity 876,075 t (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per value of agricultural 5.26 g/Int$ (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Agricultural Use 2.18 million t (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per area of cropland 18.21 kg/ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tree-covered areas — area from modis in Southern Europe?
- Tree-covered areas — area from modis in Southern Europe was 62,326 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 Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 62,385 1000 ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest tree-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Southern Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 56,036 1000 ha in 2008.
- How does Southern Europe rank for tree-covered areas — area from modis?
- Southern Europe ranks 20th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is tree-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in Southern Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Southern Europe 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.