Forest area as a proportion of total land area in Cook Islands
Cook Islands: Forest area as a proportion of total land area was 65.0% in 2025. ▬ Flat
Forest area as a proportion of total land area in Cook Islands, 1990–2025
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
The most recent figure for forest area as a proportion of total land area in Cook Islands is 65.0%, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest area as a proportion of total land area in Cook Islands peaked at 65.0% in 2010 and was at its lowest, 62.1%, in 1990.
Cook Islands ranks 24th of 219 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
Forest area as a proportion of total land area in Cook Islands, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 62.1% | — |
| 2000 | 64.9% | +4.4% |
| 2010 | 65.0% | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 65.0% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 65.0% | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 65.0% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 62.1% | 62.1% | 62.1% | 1 |
| 2000s | 64.9% | 64.9% | 64.9% | 1 |
| 2010s | 65.0% | 65.0% | 65.0% | 2 |
| 2020s | 65.0% | 65.0% | 65.0% | 2 |
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More environment data for Cook Islands
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Temperature change 0.886 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.214 °C (2025)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Value Standard 15.19 million SLC (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Annual growth US$ -8.44 % (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Annual growth US$ 2.32 % (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Annual growth -8.44 % (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Annual growth 3.91 % (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Share of GDP 1.78 % (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Share of GDP 2.44 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is forest area as a proportion of total land area in Cook Islands?
- Forest area as a proportion of total land area in Cook Islands was 65.0% in 2025, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest forest area as a proportion of total land area recorded in Cook Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 65.0% in 2010.
- What is the lowest forest area as a proportion of total land area recorded in Cook Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 62.1% in 1990.
- How does Cook Islands rank for forest area as a proportion of total land area?
- Cook Islands ranks 24th out of 219 countries with data for 2025.
- Is forest area as a proportion of total land area rising or falling in Cook Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Cook Islands data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as part of Forest area as a proportion of total land area (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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