Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Tunisia

Tunisia: Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 159.79 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
159.79 1000 ha
Change on year
down 2.5%
World rank
151st
of 240 countries
All-time high
207.66 1000 ha
in 2011
All-time low
137.87 1000 ha
in 2001
Years of data
24
2001–2024

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

0501001502002001201220242001: 137.9 1000 ha2002: 142.8 1000 ha2003: 150.7 1000 ha2004: 156.7 1000 ha2005: 154.4 1000 ha2006: 157.9 1000 ha2007: 169.8 1000 ha2008: 166.1 1000 ha2009: 190.7 1000 ha2010: 193.9 1000 ha2011: 207.7 1000 ha2012: 205.9 1000 ha2013: 192.1 1000 ha2014: 181.7 1000 ha2015: 184.8 1000 ha2016: 172.9 1000 ha2017: 164.9 1000 ha2018: 152.4 1000 ha2019: 161.1 1000 ha2020: 165.3 1000 ha2021: 161.4 1000 ha2022: 158.2 1000 ha2023: 163.9 1000 ha2024: 159.8 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 Tunisia stood at 159.79 1000 ha.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.5% on the previous year and down 12.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, tree-covered areas — area from modis in Tunisia peaked at 207.66 1000 ha in 2011 and was at its lowest, 137.87 1000 ha, in 2001.

Tunisia ranks 151st of 240 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 158.54 1000 ha 137.87 1000 ha 190.66 1000 ha 9
2010s 181.74 1000 ha 152.42 1000 ha 207.66 1000 ha 10
2020s 161.7 1000 ha 158.17 1000 ha 165.32 1000 ha 5

Countries ranked near Tunisia

  1. 148 French Polynesia 205.61 1000 ha compare
  2. 149 Kyrgyzstan 191.7 1000 ha compare
  3. 150 Luxembourg 163.46 1000 ha compare
  4. 152 Cyprus 155.16 1000 ha compare
  5. 153 Syrian Arab Republic 149.14 1000 ha compare
  6. 154 French Southern Territories 143.84 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is tree-covered areas — area from modis in Tunisia?
Tree-covered areas — area from modis in Tunisia was 159.79 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 Tunisia?
The highest recorded value was 207.66 1000 ha in 2011.
What is the lowest tree-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Tunisia?
The lowest recorded value was 137.87 1000 ha in 2001.
How does Tunisia rank for tree-covered areas — area from modis?
Tunisia ranks 151st out of 240 countries with data for 2024.
Is tree-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in Tunisia?
Over the last ten years it is down 12.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Tunisia 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.