Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in United Republic of Tanzania

United Republic of Tanzania: Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 46,236 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
46,236 1000 ha
Change on year
up 2.7%
Rank
7th
of 20 regions
All-time high
50,613 1000 ha
in 2002
All-time low
45,006 1000 ha
in 2023
Years of data
24
2001–2024

Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in United Republic of Tanzania, 2001–2024

020.0k40.0k60.0k2001201220242001: 49.5k 1000 ha2002: 50.6k 1000 ha2003: 49.2k 1000 ha2004: 48.0k 1000 ha2005: 47.5k 1000 ha2006: 46.6k 1000 ha2007: 47.9k 1000 ha2008: 47.8k 1000 ha2009: 47.1k 1000 ha2010: 46.9k 1000 ha2011: 46.5k 1000 ha2012: 46.7k 1000 ha2013: 46.6k 1000 ha2014: 46.9k 1000 ha2015: 46.3k 1000 ha2016: 46.2k 1000 ha2017: 45.7k 1000 ha2018: 46.5k 1000 ha2019: 46.4k 1000 ha2020: 47.6k 1000 ha2021: 47.0k 1000 ha2022: 45.3k 1000 ha2023: 45.0k 1000 ha2024: 46.2k 1000 ha

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.

Analysis

The most recent figure for tree-covered areas — area from modis in United Republic of Tanzania is 46,236 1000 ha, measured in 2024.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.7% on the previous year and down 1.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, tree-covered areas — area from modis in United Republic of Tanzania peaked at 50,613 1000 ha in 2002 and was at its lowest, 45,006 1000 ha, in 2023.

United Republic of Tanzania ranks 7th of 20 regions 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 United Republic of Tanzania, year by year

Annual values for Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in United Republic of Tanzania, 2001 to 2024.
Year 1000 ha Change
2001 49,471 1000 ha
2002 50,613 1000 ha +2.3%
2003 49,215 1000 ha -2.8%
2004 48,034 1000 ha -2.4%
2005 47,515 1000 ha -1.1%
2006 46,619 1000 ha -1.9%
2007 47,912 1000 ha +2.8%
2008 47,774 1000 ha -0.3%
2009 47,070 1000 ha -1.5%
2010 46,879 1000 ha -0.4%
2011 46,494 1000 ha -0.8%
2012 46,735 1000 ha +0.5%
2013 46,570 1000 ha -0.4%
2014 46,944 1000 ha +0.8%
2015 46,344 1000 ha -1.3%
2016 46,236 1000 ha -0.2%
2017 45,718 1000 ha -1.1%
2018 46,488 1000 ha +1.7%
2019 46,391 1000 ha -0.2%
2020 47,572 1000 ha +2.5%
2021 47,000 1000 ha -1.2%
2022 45,287 1000 ha -3.6%
2023 45,006 1000 ha -0.6%
2024 46,236 1000 ha +2.7%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 48,247 1000 ha 46,619 1000 ha 50,613 1000 ha 9
2010s 46,480 1000 ha 45,718 1000 ha 46,944 1000 ha 10
2020s 46,220 1000 ha 45,006 1000 ha 47,572 1000 ha 5

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  5. 8 Australia and New Zealand 95,988 1000 ha compare
  6. 9 Australia 80,274 1000 ha compare
  7. 10 Mexico 79,404 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is tree-covered areas — area from modis in United Republic of Tanzania?
Tree-covered areas — area from modis in United Republic of Tanzania was 46,236 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 United Republic of Tanzania?
The highest recorded value was 50,613 1000 ha in 2002.
What is the lowest tree-covered areas — area from modis recorded in United Republic of Tanzania?
The lowest recorded value was 45,006 1000 ha in 2023.
How does United Republic of Tanzania rank for tree-covered areas — area from modis?
United Republic of Tanzania ranks 7th out of 20 regions with data for 2024.
Is tree-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in United Republic of Tanzania?
Over the last ten years it is down 1.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this United Republic of Tanzania 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.