Change in domestic forest area vs. deforestation embedded in imported goods in South Korea
South Korea: Change in domestic forest area vs. deforestation embedded in imported goods was -3,774 hectares in 2025. ▲ Rising
Change in domestic forest area vs. deforestation embedded in imported goods in South Korea, 1991–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in hectares.
Analysis
The most recent figure for change in domestic forest area vs. deforestation embedded in imported goods in South Korea is -3,774 hectares, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.
That represents a change of up 62.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, change in domestic forest area vs. deforestation embedded in imported goods in South Korea peaked at -3,774 hectares in 2021 and was at its lowest, -10,000 hectares, in 2011.
South Korea ranks 177th of 235 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | -7,500 hectares | -7,500 hectares | -7,500 hectares | 9 |
| 2000s | -8,760 hectares | -8,900 hectares | -7,500 hectares | 10 |
| 2010s | -9,010 hectares | -10,000 hectares | -7,800 hectares | 10 |
| 2020s | -4,445 hectares | -7,800 hectares | -3,774 hectares | 6 |
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- 180 Guinea-Bissau -4,238 hectares compare
More environment data for South Korea
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 668.25 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 12.91 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 21.02 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.3304 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 3.86 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.1549 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 44.74 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.2523 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.2291 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 18.6 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is change in domestic forest area vs. deforestation embedded in imported goods in South Korea?
- Change in domestic forest area vs. deforestation embedded in imported goods in South Korea was -3,774 hectares in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest change in domestic forest area vs. deforestation embedded in imported goods recorded in South Korea?
- The highest recorded value was -3,774 hectares in 2021.
- What is the lowest change in domestic forest area vs. deforestation embedded in imported goods recorded in South Korea?
- The lowest recorded value was -10,000 hectares in 2011.
- How does South Korea rank for change in domestic forest area vs. deforestation embedded in imported goods?
- South Korea ranks 177th out of 235 countries with data for 2025.
- Is change in domestic forest area vs. deforestation embedded in imported goods rising or falling in South Korea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 62.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this South Korea data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Change in domestic forest area vs. deforestation embedded in imported goods. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Net change in forest area measures forest expansion (the sum of afforestation and natural expansion) minus deforestation.