Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Timor-Leste

Timor-Leste: Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 1,309 1000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat

Latest (2024)
1,309 1000 ha
Change on year
up 0.5%
World rank
13th
of 20 countries
All-time high
1,309 1000 ha
in 2024
All-time low
1,236 1000 ha
in 2005
Years of data
24
2001–2024

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

05001.0k1.5k2001201220242001: 1.2k 1000 ha2002: 1.3k 1000 ha2003: 1.3k 1000 ha2004: 1.3k 1000 ha2005: 1.2k 1000 ha2006: 1.3k 1000 ha2007: 1.3k 1000 ha2008: 1.3k 1000 ha2009: 1.2k 1000 ha2010: 1.3k 1000 ha2011: 1.3k 1000 ha2012: 1.3k 1000 ha2013: 1.3k 1000 ha2014: 1.3k 1000 ha2015: 1.3k 1000 ha2016: 1.3k 1000 ha2017: 1.3k 1000 ha2018: 1.3k 1000 ha2019: 1.3k 1000 ha2020: 1.3k 1000 ha2021: 1.3k 1000 ha2022: 1.3k 1000 ha2023: 1.3k 1000 ha2024: 1.3k 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 Timor-Leste stood at 1,309 1000 ha. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.

That represents a change of up 0.5% on the previous year and up 1.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, tree-covered areas — area from modis in Timor-Leste peaked at 1,309 1000 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1,236 1000 ha, in 2005.

Timor-Leste ranks 13th of 20 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Timor-Leste, year by year

Annual values for Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Timor-Leste, 2001 to 2024.
Year 1000 ha Change
2001 1,249 1000 ha —
2002 1,279 1000 ha +2.4%
2003 1,267 1000 ha -1.0%
2004 1,268 1000 ha +0.1%
2005 1,236 1000 ha -2.6%
2006 1,258 1000 ha +1.8%
2007 1,259 1000 ha +0.0%
2008 1,251 1000 ha -0.6%
2009 1,243 1000 ha -0.7%
2010 1,300 1000 ha +4.6%
2011 1,307 1000 ha +0.5%
2012 1,300 1000 ha -0.6%
2013 1,294 1000 ha -0.5%
2014 1,294 1000 ha +0.0%
2015 1,286 1000 ha -0.6%
2016 1,298 1000 ha +0.9%
2017 1,307 1000 ha +0.8%
2018 1,305 1000 ha -0.1%
2019 1,308 1000 ha +0.2%
2020 1,302 1000 ha -0.4%
2021 1,297 1000 ha -0.4%
2022 1,292 1000 ha -0.4%
2023 1,302 1000 ha +0.7%
2024 1,309 1000 ha +0.5%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 1,257 1000 ha 1,236 1000 ha 1,279 1000 ha 9
2010s 1,300 1000 ha 1,286 1000 ha 1,308 1000 ha 10
2020s 1,300 1000 ha 1,292 1000 ha 1,309 1000 ha 5

Countries ranked near Timor-Leste

  1. 10 Mexico 79,404 1000 ha compare
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  3. 11 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 7,856 1000 ha compare
  4. 11 Peru 78,982 1000 ha compare
  5. 12 Angola 72,958 1000 ha compare
  6. 12 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 1,991 1000 ha compare
  7. 13 Argentina 58,070 1000 ha compare
  8. 14 Central African Republic 57,865 1000 ha compare
  9. 14 Polynesia 555.2 1000 ha compare
  10. 15 India 56,132 1000 ha compare
  11. 15 Republic of Moldova 282.03 1000 ha compare
  12. 16 Mozambique 55,386 1000 ha compare
  13. 16 Syrian Arab Republic 149.14 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is tree-covered areas — area from modis in Timor-Leste?
Tree-covered areas — area from modis in Timor-Leste was 1,309 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 Timor-Leste?
The highest recorded value was 1,309 1000 ha in 2024.
What is the lowest tree-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Timor-Leste?
The lowest recorded value was 1,236 1000 ha in 2005.
How does Timor-Leste rank for tree-covered areas — area from modis?
Timor-Leste ranks 13th out of 20 countries with data for 2024.
Is tree-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in Timor-Leste?
Over the last ten years it is up 1.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Timor-Leste 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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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
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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.