Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Western Asia
Western Asia: Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 21,892 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Western Asia, 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 Western Asia stood at 21,892 1000 ha. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.2% on the previous year and up 10.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tree-covered areas — area from modis in Western Asia peaked at 21,892 1000 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 19,135 1000 ha, in 2003.
Western Asia ranks 21st of 26 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Western Asia, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 19,819 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 20,519 1000 ha | +3.5% |
| 2003 | 19,135 1000 ha | -6.7% |
| 2004 | 19,189 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 19,394 1000 ha | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 19,302 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2007 | 19,277 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 19,559 1000 ha | +1.5% |
| 2009 | 19,710 1000 ha | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 19,709 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2011 | 19,547 1000 ha | -0.8% |
| 2012 | 19,661 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 19,725 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 19,909 1000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 20,205 1000 ha | +1.5% |
| 2016 | 20,264 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 20,608 1000 ha | +1.7% |
| 2018 | 20,951 1000 ha | +1.7% |
| 2019 | 21,472 1000 ha | +2.5% |
| 2020 | 21,754 1000 ha | +1.3% |
| 2021 | 21,750 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2022 | 20,922 1000 ha | -3.8% |
| 2023 | 21,429 1000 ha | +2.4% |
| 2024 | 21,892 1000 ha | +2.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 19,545 1000 ha | 19,135 1000 ha | 20,519 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 20,205 1000 ha | 19,547 1000 ha | 21,472 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 21,549 1000 ha | 20,922 1000 ha | 21,892 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Asia
- 18 Micronesia (Federated States of) 44.1 1000 ha compare
- 18 Myanmar 47,198 1000 ha compare
- 19 Papua New Guinea 43,688 1000 ha compare
- 20 Cameroon 37,924 1000 ha compare
- 20 Côte d'Ivoire 27,064 1000 ha compare
- 20 Wallis and Futuna Islands 6.09 1000 ha compare
- 21 South Sudan 37,531 1000 ha compare
- 22 Sweden 35,828 1000 ha compare
- 22 Caribbean 15,754 1000 ha compare
- 23 Sudan (former) 33,352 1000 ha compare
- 24 Paraguay 30,765 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Western Asia
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.404 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.7 °C (2025)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 5.65 million t (2024)
- Recovered paper — Production 5.50 million t (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Production 5.12 million t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Production 4.72 million t (2024)
- Agricultural land — Value of agricultural production (Int. $) per Area 474.77 USD_PPP/ha (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per capita 1.25 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 2.95 g/Int$ (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tree-covered areas — area from modis in Western Asia?
- Tree-covered areas — area from modis in Western Asia was 21,892 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 Western Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 21,892 1000 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest tree-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Western Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 19,135 1000 ha in 2003.
- How does Western Asia rank for tree-covered areas — area from modis?
- Western Asia ranks 21st out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is tree-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in Western Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Western Asia 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.