Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Thailand
Thailand: Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 25,944 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Thailand, 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 Thailand stood at 25,944 1000 ha.
The figure is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 2.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tree-covered areas — area from modis in Thailand peaked at 26,060 1000 ha in 2018 and was at its lowest, 24,234 1000 ha, in 2005.
That places Thailand 31st out of 223 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Thailand, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 24,581 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 25,046 1000 ha | +1.9% |
| 2003 | 24,844 1000 ha | -0.8% |
| 2004 | 24,415 1000 ha | -1.7% |
| 2005 | 24,234 1000 ha | -0.7% |
| 2006 | 24,378 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 24,268 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2008 | 24,401 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2009 | 24,496 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 24,511 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 24,869 1000 ha | +1.5% |
| 2012 | 25,064 1000 ha | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 25,267 1000 ha | +0.8% |
| 2014 | 25,218 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 25,190 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 25,265 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 25,674 1000 ha | +1.6% |
| 2018 | 26,060 1000 ha | +1.5% |
| 2019 | 25,958 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 25,719 1000 ha | -0.9% |
| 2021 | 25,726 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 25,773 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 25,822 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 25,944 1000 ha | +0.5% |
Thailand compared with similar countries
- Thailand's 25,944 1000 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2,768 1000 ha, 9.4× the median. (52 countries reporting)
- Thailand's 25,944 1000 ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 1,717 1000 ha, 15.1× the median. (27 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 24,518 1000 ha | 24,234 1000 ha | 25,046 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 25,308 1000 ha | 24,511 1000 ha | 26,060 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 25,797 1000 ha | 25,719 1000 ha | 25,944 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Thailand
More environment data for Thailand
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 1.44 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 1.54 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.306 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.01 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 8.48 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 2.85 % 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 0.1009 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tree-covered areas — area from modis in Thailand?
- Tree-covered areas — area from modis in Thailand was 25,944 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 Thailand?
- The highest recorded value was 26,060 1000 ha in 2018.
- What is the lowest tree-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Thailand?
- The lowest recorded value was 24,234 1000 ha in 2005.
- How does Thailand rank for tree-covered areas — area from modis?
- Thailand ranks 31st out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tree-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in Thailand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Thailand 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.