Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in United States of America

United States of America: Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 342,923 1000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat

Latest (2024)
342,923 1000 ha
Change on year
up 0.4%
Rank
9th
of 26 groups
All-time high
345,805 1000 ha
in 2002
All-time low
337,631 1000 ha
in 2013
Years of data
24
2001–2024

Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in United States of America, 2001–2024

0100.0k200.0k300.0k2001201220242001: 342.1k 1000 ha2002: 345.8k 1000 ha2003: 338.4k 1000 ha2004: 339.7k 1000 ha2005: 342.3k 1000 ha2006: 340.8k 1000 ha2007: 343.1k 1000 ha2008: 340.3k 1000 ha2009: 341.3k 1000 ha2010: 340.4k 1000 ha2011: 340.5k 1000 ha2012: 338.9k 1000 ha2013: 337.6k 1000 ha2014: 338.5k 1000 ha2015: 339.7k 1000 ha2016: 340.5k 1000 ha2017: 342.6k 1000 ha2018: 342.1k 1000 ha2019: 342.6k 1000 ha2020: 344.0k 1000 ha2021: 343.5k 1000 ha2022: 340.0k 1000 ha2023: 341.5k 1000 ha2024: 342.9k 1000 ha

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

Analysis

United States of America recorded 342,923 1000 ha for tree-covered areas — area from modis in 2024.

The figure is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 1.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, tree-covered areas — area from modis in United States of America peaked at 345,805 1000 ha in 2002 and was at its lowest, 337,631 1000 ha, in 2013.

United States of America ranks 9th of 26 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.

Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in United States of America, year by year

Annual values for Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in United States of America, 2001 to 2024.
Year 1000 ha Change
2001 342,076 1000 ha
2002 345,805 1000 ha +1.1%
2003 338,384 1000 ha -2.1%
2004 339,655 1000 ha +0.4%
2005 342,311 1000 ha +0.8%
2006 340,815 1000 ha -0.4%
2007 343,100 1000 ha +0.7%
2008 340,288 1000 ha -0.8%
2009 341,304 1000 ha +0.3%
2010 340,354 1000 ha -0.3%
2011 340,503 1000 ha +0.0%
2012 338,921 1000 ha -0.5%
2013 337,631 1000 ha -0.4%
2014 338,460 1000 ha +0.2%
2015 339,719 1000 ha +0.4%
2016 340,470 1000 ha +0.2%
2017 342,650 1000 ha +0.6%
2018 342,117 1000 ha -0.2%
2019 342,574 1000 ha +0.1%
2020 343,951 1000 ha +0.4%
2021 343,509 1000 ha -0.1%
2022 340,004 1000 ha -1.0%
2023 341,496 1000 ha +0.4%
2024 342,923 1000 ha +0.4%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 341,526 1000 ha 338,384 1000 ha 345,805 1000 ha 9
2010s 340,340 1000 ha 337,631 1000 ha 342,650 1000 ha 10
2020s 342,377 1000 ha 340,004 1000 ha 343,951 1000 ha 5

Countries ranked near United States of America

  1. 6 Indonesia 165,940 1000 ha compare
  2. 7 Colombia 101,965 1000 ha compare
  3. 8 Australia and New Zealand 95,988 1000 ha compare
  4. 9 Australia 80,274 1000 ha compare
  5. 10 Mexico 79,404 1000 ha compare
  6. 11 Peru 78,982 1000 ha compare
  7. 12 Angola 72,958 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is tree-covered areas — area from modis in United States of America?
Tree-covered areas — area from modis in United States of America was 342,923 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 States of America?
The highest recorded value was 345,805 1000 ha in 2002.
What is the lowest tree-covered areas — area from modis recorded in United States of America?
The lowest recorded value was 337,631 1000 ha in 2013.
How does United States of America rank for tree-covered areas — area from modis?
United States of America ranks 9th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
Is tree-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in United States of America?
Over the last ten years it is up 1.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this United States of America 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.