Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Western Europe
Western Europe: Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 53,660 1000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Western Europe, 2001–2024
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 Western Europe is 53,660 1000 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 1.2% on the previous year and up 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tree-covered areas — area from modis in Western Europe peaked at 54,918 1000 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 52,060 1000 ha, in 2010.
That places Western Europe 22nd out of 29 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 53,301 1000 ha | 52,371 1000 ha | 54,562 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 53,418 1000 ha | 52,060 1000 ha | 54,018 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 53,703 1000 ha | 52,788 1000 ha | 54,918 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Europe
- 19 Melanesia 50,572 1000 ha compare
- 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
More environment data for Western Europe
- Standard Deviation 0.485 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.23 °C (2025)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Agricultural Use 528,005 t (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per area of cropland 103.86 kg/ha (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per capita 17.43 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 25.27 g/Int$ (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Import quantity 859,653 t (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per capita 2.64 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity 1.78 million t (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per value of agricultural 3.83 g/Int$ (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tree-covered areas — area from modis in Western Europe?
- Tree-covered areas — area from modis in Western Europe was 53,660 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 Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 54,918 1000 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest tree-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Western Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 52,060 1000 ha in 2010.
- How does Western Europe rank for tree-covered areas — area from modis?
- Western Europe ranks 22nd out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is tree-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in Western Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Western Europe 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.