Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Suriname

Suriname: Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 13,949 1000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat

Latest (2024)
13,949 1000 ha
Change on year
up 0.1%
World rank
52nd
of 240 countries
All-time high
13,998 1000 ha
in 2007
All-time low
13,904 1000 ha
in 2001
Years of data
24
2001–2024

Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Suriname, 2001–2024

05.0k10.0k15.0k2001201220242001: 13.9k 1000 ha2002: 14.0k 1000 ha2003: 14.0k 1000 ha2004: 14.0k 1000 ha2005: 14.0k 1000 ha2006: 14.0k 1000 ha2007: 14.0k 1000 ha2008: 14.0k 1000 ha2009: 14.0k 1000 ha2010: 14.0k 1000 ha2011: 14.0k 1000 ha2012: 13.9k 1000 ha2013: 13.9k 1000 ha2014: 13.9k 1000 ha2015: 13.9k 1000 ha2016: 13.9k 1000 ha2017: 13.9k 1000 ha2018: 13.9k 1000 ha2019: 13.9k 1000 ha2020: 13.9k 1000 ha2021: 13.9k 1000 ha2022: 13.9k 1000 ha2023: 13.9k 1000 ha2024: 13.9k 1000 ha

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.

Analysis

In 2024, tree-covered areas — area from modis in Suriname stood at 13,949 1000 ha.

That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 0.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, tree-covered areas — area from modis in Suriname peaked at 13,998 1000 ha in 2007 and was at its lowest, 13,904 1000 ha, in 2001.

Suriname ranks 52nd of 240 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 13,970 1000 ha 13,904 1000 ha 13,998 1000 ha 9
2010s 13,931 1000 ha 13,915 1000 ha 13,958 1000 ha 10
2020s 13,938 1000 ha 13,928 1000 ha 13,949 1000 ha 5

Countries ranked near Suriname

  1. 49 Türkiye 15,715 1000 ha compare
  2. 50 New Zealand 15,712 1000 ha compare
  3. 51 Nigeria 15,443 1000 ha compare
  4. 53 Italy 13,923 1000 ha compare
  5. 54 Norway 13,486 1000 ha compare
  6. 55 Ukraine 13,088 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is tree-covered areas — area from modis in Suriname?
Tree-covered areas — area from modis in Suriname was 13,949 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 Suriname?
The highest recorded value was 13,998 1000 ha in 2007.
What is the lowest tree-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Suriname?
The lowest recorded value was 13,904 1000 ha in 2001.
How does Suriname rank for tree-covered areas — area from modis?
Suriname ranks 52nd out of 240 countries with data for 2024.
Is tree-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in Suriname?
Over the last ten years it is up 0.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Suriname 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

Indicator
Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS
Unit
1000 ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
269 places, 6,390 data points, 2001–2024
Last refreshed

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.