Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in World

World: Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 5.03 million 1000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat

Latest (2024)
5.03 million 1000 ha
Change on year
up 0.3%
Rank
1st
of 29 groups
All-time high
5.07 million 1000 ha
in 2014
All-time low
5.00 million 1000 ha
in 2004
Years of data
24
2001–2024

Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in World, 2001–2024

02.0M4.0M6.0M2001201220242001: 5.0M 1000 ha2002: 5.1M 1000 ha2003: 5.0M 1000 ha2004: 5.0M 1000 ha2005: 5.0M 1000 ha2006: 5.0M 1000 ha2007: 5.0M 1000 ha2008: 5.0M 1000 ha2009: 5.0M 1000 ha2010: 5.0M 1000 ha2011: 5.1M 1000 ha2012: 5.1M 1000 ha2013: 5.1M 1000 ha2014: 5.1M 1000 ha2015: 5.1M 1000 ha2016: 5.1M 1000 ha2017: 5.1M 1000 ha2018: 5.0M 1000 ha2019: 5.0M 1000 ha2020: 5.0M 1000 ha2021: 5.0M 1000 ha2022: 5.0M 1000 ha2023: 5.0M 1000 ha2024: 5.0M 1000 ha

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

Analysis

In 2024, tree-covered areas — area from modis in World stood at 5.03 million 1000 ha.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and down 0.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, tree-covered areas — area from modis in World peaked at 5.07 million 1000 ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 5.00 million 1000 ha, in 2004.

That places World 1st out of 29 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 5.02 million 1000 ha 5.00 million 1000 ha 5.06 million 1000 ha 9
2010s 5.05 million 1000 ha 5.03 million 1000 ha 5.07 million 1000 ha 10
2020s 5.03 million 1000 ha 5.01 million 1000 ha 5.05 million 1000 ha 5

Countries ranked near World

  1. 1 Russian Federation 922,274 1000 ha compare
  2. 2 Brazil 597,725 1000 ha compare
  3. 3 Canada 501,610 1000 ha compare
  4. 4 China 270,880 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is tree-covered areas — area from modis in World?
Tree-covered areas — area from modis in World was 5.03 million 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 World?
The highest recorded value was 5.07 million 1000 ha in 2014.
What is the lowest tree-covered areas — area from modis recorded in World?
The lowest recorded value was 5.00 million 1000 ha in 2004.
How does World rank for tree-covered areas — area from modis?
World ranks 1st out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
Is tree-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in World?
Over the last ten years it is down 0.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this World 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

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
Last refreshed

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.