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 18th out of 26 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.
Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Southern Europe, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 57,750 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 59,253 1000 ha | +2.6% |
| 2003 | 58,278 1000 ha | -1.6% |
| 2004 | 57,396 1000 ha | -1.5% |
| 2005 | 56,342 1000 ha | -1.8% |
| 2006 | 56,579 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 56,194 1000 ha | -0.7% |
| 2008 | 56,036 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 57,112 1000 ha | +1.9% |
| 2010 | 57,993 1000 ha | +1.5% |
| 2011 | 58,616 1000 ha | +1.1% |
| 2012 | 58,383 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2013 | 58,878 1000 ha | +0.8% |
| 2014 | 60,816 1000 ha | +3.3% |
| 2015 | 62,040 1000 ha | +2.0% |
| 2016 | 62,385 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 61,778 1000 ha | -1.0% |
| 2018 | 61,505 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 62,066 1000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 62,352 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 61,701 1000 ha | -1.0% |
| 2022 | 61,013 1000 ha | -1.1% |
| 2023 | 61,974 1000 ha | +1.6% |
| 2024 | 62,326 1000 ha | +0.6% |
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
- 15 India 56,132 1000 ha compare
- 15 Republic of Moldova 282.03 1000 ha compare
- 16 Mozambique 55,386 1000 ha compare
- 16 Syrian Arab Republic 149.14 1000 ha compare
- 17 Zambia 50,061 1000 ha compare
- 17 Micronesia 131.33 1000 ha compare
- 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
- 21 South Sudan 37,531 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Southern Europe
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -0.3167 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -0.1235 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.323 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.19 °C (2025)
- Roundwood — Production 73.08 million m3 (2024)
- Roundwood, non-coniferous — Production 48.29 million m3 (2024)
- Roundwood, coniferous — Production 24.80 million m3 (2024)
- Roundwood — Export value 783,078 1000 USD (2024)
- Roundwood — Export quantity 6.44 million m3 (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 18th out of 26 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.