Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Sweden

Sweden: Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 35,828 1000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat

Latest (2024)
35,828 1000 ha
Change on year
up 0.2%
World rank
26th
of 240 countries
All-time high
35,982 1000 ha
in 2011
All-time low
35,471 1000 ha
in 2018
Years of data
24
2001–2024

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

010.0k20.0k30.0k40.0k2001201220242001: 35.6k 1000 ha2002: 36.0k 1000 ha2003: 35.7k 1000 ha2004: 35.8k 1000 ha2005: 35.8k 1000 ha2006: 35.9k 1000 ha2007: 35.9k 1000 ha2008: 36.0k 1000 ha2009: 35.9k 1000 ha2010: 35.8k 1000 ha2011: 36.0k 1000 ha2012: 35.8k 1000 ha2013: 35.8k 1000 ha2014: 35.7k 1000 ha2015: 35.6k 1000 ha2016: 35.5k 1000 ha2017: 35.6k 1000 ha2018: 35.5k 1000 ha2019: 35.7k 1000 ha2020: 35.6k 1000 ha2021: 35.8k 1000 ha2022: 35.9k 1000 ha2023: 35.8k 1000 ha2024: 35.8k 1000 ha

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

Analysis

Sweden recorded 35,828 1000 ha for tree-covered areas — area from modis in 2024.

That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 0.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, tree-covered areas — area from modis in Sweden peaked at 35,982 1000 ha in 2011 and was at its lowest, 35,471 1000 ha, in 2018.

That places Sweden 26th out of 240 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 35,845 1000 ha 35,641 1000 ha 35,982 1000 ha 9
2010s 35,702 1000 ha 35,471 1000 ha 35,982 1000 ha 10
2020s 35,794 1000 ha 35,643 1000 ha 35,914 1000 ha 5

Countries ranked near Sweden

  1. 23 Papua New Guinea 43,688 1000 ha compare
  2. 24 Cameroon 37,924 1000 ha compare
  3. 25 South Sudan 37,531 1000 ha compare
  4. 27 Sudan (former) 33,352 1000 ha compare
  5. 28 Paraguay 30,765 1000 ha compare
  6. 29 Malaysia 30,122 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is tree-covered areas — area from modis in Sweden?
Tree-covered areas — area from modis in Sweden was 35,828 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 Sweden?
The highest recorded value was 35,982 1000 ha in 2011.
What is the lowest tree-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Sweden?
The lowest recorded value was 35,471 1000 ha in 2018.
How does Sweden rank for tree-covered areas — area from modis?
Sweden ranks 26th out of 240 countries with data for 2024.
Is tree-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in Sweden?
Over the last ten years it is up 0.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Sweden 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.