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 23rd of 29 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
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
- 20 Zambia 50,061 1000 ha compare
- 21 Myanmar 47,198 1000 ha compare
- 22 United Republic of Tanzania 46,236 1000 ha compare
- 23 Papua New Guinea 43,688 1000 ha compare
- 24 Cameroon 37,924 1000 ha compare
- 25 South Sudan 37,531 1000 ha compare
- 26 Sweden 35,828 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Western Asia
- Value Added Deflator (Agriculture, forestry and fishery) — Value US$ 106.1 USD (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Agricultural Use 386,319 t (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per area of cropland 8.43 kg/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)
- Country area — Area 484,480 1000 ha (2024)
- Land area — Area 479,195 1000 ha (2024)
- Agriculture — Area 274,698 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Agricultural land 16.62 % (2024)
- Cropland — Area 45,596 1000 ha (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 23rd out of 29 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.