Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Switzerland
Switzerland: Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 1,997 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Switzerland, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Switzerland recorded 1,997 1000 ha for tree-covered areas — area from modis in 2024.
The figure is down 2.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tree-covered areas — area from modis in Switzerland peaked at 2,282 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 1,996 1000 ha, in 2023.
Switzerland ranks 100th of 223 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Switzerland, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 2,282 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 2,163 1000 ha | -5.2% |
| 2003 | 2,011 1000 ha | -7.0% |
| 2004 | 2,031 1000 ha | +1.0% |
| 2005 | 2,085 1000 ha | +2.7% |
| 2006 | 2,127 1000 ha | +2.0% |
| 2007 | 2,171 1000 ha | +2.1% |
| 2008 | 2,103 1000 ha | -3.1% |
| 2009 | 2,074 1000 ha | -1.4% |
| 2010 | 2,045 1000 ha | -1.4% |
| 2011 | 2,124 1000 ha | +3.9% |
| 2012 | 2,086 1000 ha | -1.8% |
| 2013 | 2,001 1000 ha | -4.1% |
| 2014 | 2,046 1000 ha | +2.3% |
| 2015 | 2,078 1000 ha | +1.6% |
| 2016 | 2,067 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 2,059 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 2,078 1000 ha | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 2,071 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 2,098 1000 ha | +1.3% |
| 2021 | 2,056 1000 ha | -2.0% |
| 2022 | 2,005 1000 ha | -2.5% |
| 2023 | 1,996 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 1,997 1000 ha | +0.0% |
Switzerland compared with similar countries
- Switzerland's 1,997 1000 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 456.91 1000 ha, 4.4× the median. (73 countries reporting)
- Switzerland's 1,997 1000 ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 2,752 1000 ha, 73% of the median. (51 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2,117 1000 ha | 2,011 1000 ha | 2,282 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 2,066 1000 ha | 2,001 1000 ha | 2,124 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,030 1000 ha | 1,996 1000 ha | 2,098 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Switzerland
More environment data for Switzerland
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -0.2925 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -0.4333 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.458 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.33 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 11.97 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.2741 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate 0.0914 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tree-covered areas — area from modis in Switzerland?
- Tree-covered areas — area from modis in Switzerland was 1,997 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 Switzerland?
- The highest recorded value was 2,282 1000 ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest tree-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Switzerland?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,996 1000 ha in 2023.
- How does Switzerland rank for tree-covered areas — area from modis?
- Switzerland ranks 100th out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tree-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in Switzerland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Switzerland 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.