Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Turks and Caicos Islands
Turks and Caicos Islands: Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 12.03 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Turks and Caicos Islands, 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 Turks and Caicos Islands stood at 12.03 1000 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.4% on the previous year and down 15.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tree-covered areas — area from modis in Turks and Caicos Islands peaked at 16.51 1000 ha in 2002 and was at its lowest, 11.86 1000 ha, in 2023.
That places Turks and Caicos Islands 177th out of 223 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Turks and Caicos Islands, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 15.64 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 16.51 1000 ha | +5.6% |
| 2003 | 15.8 1000 ha | -4.3% |
| 2004 | 14.75 1000 ha | -6.6% |
| 2005 | 13.98 1000 ha | -5.2% |
| 2006 | 14.19 1000 ha | +1.5% |
| 2007 | 15.18 1000 ha | +7.0% |
| 2008 | 13.72 1000 ha | -9.6% |
| 2009 | 13.45 1000 ha | -2.0% |
| 2010 | 13.06 1000 ha | -2.9% |
| 2011 | 13.83 1000 ha | +5.9% |
| 2012 | 13.38 1000 ha | -3.3% |
| 2013 | 14 1000 ha | +4.6% |
| 2014 | 14.19 1000 ha | +1.4% |
| 2015 | 13.57 1000 ha | -4.4% |
| 2016 | 14.24 1000 ha | +4.9% |
| 2017 | 14.11 1000 ha | -0.9% |
| 2018 | 13.96 1000 ha | -1.1% |
| 2019 | 13.4 1000 ha | -4.0% |
| 2020 | 13.25 1000 ha | -1.1% |
| 2021 | 13.04 1000 ha | -1.6% |
| 2022 | 12.52 1000 ha | -4.0% |
| 2023 | 11.86 1000 ha | -5.3% |
| 2024 | 12.03 1000 ha | +1.4% |
Turks and Caicos Islands compared with similar countries
- Turks and Caicos Islands's 12.03 1000 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 456.91 1000 ha, 3% of the median. (73 countries reporting)
- Turks and Caicos Islands's 12.03 1000 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1,846 1000 ha, 1% of the median. (37 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 14.8 1000 ha | 13.45 1000 ha | 16.51 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 13.77 1000 ha | 13.06 1000 ha | 14.24 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 12.54 1000 ha | 11.86 1000 ha | 13.25 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Turks and Caicos Islands
- 174 Seychelles 15.35 1000 ha compare
- 175 Singapore 14.83 1000 ha compare
- 176 Faroe Islands 13.86 1000 ha compare
- 178 Liechtenstein 9.91 1000 ha compare
- 179 Cook Islands 9.89 1000 ha compare
- 180 American Samoa 9.2 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Turks and Caicos Islands
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 58.48 % change on previous year (1993)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 11.79 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.832 °C (1993)
- Temperature change -0.665 °C (1993)
- Sawnwood — Import quantity 19,511 m3 (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Import value 1,444 1000 USD (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Import quantity 709 t (2024)
- Wood fuel — Production 1,308 m3 (2024)
- Sawnwood, non-coniferous — Production 0 m3 (2024)
- Wood fuel, coniferous — Production 0 m3 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tree-covered areas — area from modis in Turks and Caicos Islands?
- Tree-covered areas — area from modis in Turks and Caicos Islands was 12.03 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 Turks and Caicos Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 16.51 1000 ha in 2002.
- What is the lowest tree-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Turks and Caicos Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.86 1000 ha in 2023.
- How does Turks and Caicos Islands rank for tree-covered areas — area from modis?
- Turks and Caicos Islands ranks 177th out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tree-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in Turks and Caicos Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Turks and Caicos Islands 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.