Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 5,044 1000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Sri Lanka, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
In 2024, tree-covered areas — area from modis in Sri Lanka stood at 5,044 1000 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.9% on the previous year and down 1.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tree-covered areas — area from modis in Sri Lanka peaked at 5,284 1000 ha in 2008 and was at its lowest, 5,001 1000 ha, in 2023.
Sri Lanka ranks 80th of 240 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 5,207 1000 ha | 5,062 1000 ha | 5,284 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 5,159 1000 ha | 5,090 1000 ha | 5,214 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,024 1000 ha | 5,001 1000 ha | 5,044 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sri Lanka
More environment data for Sri Lanka
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 24.72 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 637 1000 ha (2024)
- Inland waters — Area 375 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 7.11 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 14.58 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 440 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 39.94 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 1,205 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 45.48 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 1,372 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tree-covered areas — area from modis in Sri Lanka?
- Tree-covered areas — area from modis in Sri Lanka was 5,044 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 Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 5,284 1000 ha in 2008.
- What is the lowest tree-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,001 1000 ha in 2023.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for tree-covered areas — area from modis?
- Sri Lanka ranks 80th out of 240 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tree-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Sri Lanka 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.