Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Vanuatu
Vanuatu: Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 1,155 1000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Vanuatu, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Vanuatu recorded 1,155 1000 ha for tree-covered areas — area from modis in 2024. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 1.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tree-covered areas — area from modis in Vanuatu peaked at 1,155 1000 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1,053 1000 ha, in 2001.
Vanuatu ranks 112th of 223 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Vanuatu, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 1,053 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 1,118 1000 ha | +6.2% |
| 2003 | 1,128 1000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2004 | 1,130 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 1,128 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2006 | 1,130 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 1,132 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 1,135 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 1,134 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 1,133 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 1,136 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 1,140 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 1,143 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 1,140 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 1,130 1000 ha | -0.8% |
| 2016 | 1,135 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 1,139 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 1,142 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 1,144 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 1,145 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 1,145 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2022 | 1,150 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 1,152 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 1,155 1000 ha | +0.3% |
Vanuatu compared with similar countries
- Vanuatu's 1,155 1000 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 2,158 1000 ha, 54% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Vanuatu's 1,155 1000 ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 1,717 1000 ha, 67% of the median. (27 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1,121 1000 ha | 1,053 1000 ha | 1,135 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 1,138 1000 ha | 1,130 1000 ha | 1,144 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,149 1000 ha | 1,145 1000 ha | 1,155 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Vanuatu
- 109 Belgium 1,334 1000 ha compare
- 110 Algeria 1,273 1000 ha compare
- 111 North Macedonia 1,215 1000 ha compare
- 113 Azerbaijan 1,154 1000 ha compare
- 114 Denmark 1,035 1000 ha compare
- 115 Montenegro 1,009 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Vanuatu
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 2.29 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 1.46 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.225 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.02 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 1.53 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate -2.35 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tree-covered areas — area from modis in Vanuatu?
- Tree-covered areas — area from modis in Vanuatu was 1,155 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 Vanuatu?
- The highest recorded value was 1,155 1000 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest tree-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Vanuatu?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,053 1000 ha in 2001.
- How does Vanuatu rank for tree-covered areas — area from modis?
- Vanuatu ranks 112th out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tree-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in Vanuatu?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Vanuatu 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.