Share of land covered by forest in Samoa
Samoa: Share of land covered by forest was 57.5% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Share of land covered by forest in Samoa, 1990–2025
Source: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (2013) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Samoa recorded 57.5% for share of land covered by forest in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 36 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.3% on the previous year and down 2.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of land covered by forest in Samoa peaked at 63.5% in 1990 and was at its lowest, 57.5%, in 2025.
Samoa ranks 41st of 216 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 36 years of available data.
Share of land covered by forest in Samoa, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 63.5% | — |
| 1991 | 63.3% | -0.3% |
| 1992 | 63.2% | -0.3% |
| 1993 | 63.0% | -0.3% |
| 1994 | 62.8% | -0.3% |
| 1995 | 62.7% | -0.3% |
| 1996 | 62.5% | -0.3% |
| 1997 | 62.3% | -0.3% |
| 1998 | 62.1% | -0.3% |
| 1999 | 62.0% | -0.3% |
| 2000 | 61.8% | -0.3% |
| 2001 | 61.6% | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 61.4% | -0.3% |
| 2003 | 61.3% | -0.3% |
| 2004 | 61.1% | -0.3% |
| 2005 | 60.9% | -0.3% |
| 2006 | 60.7% | -0.3% |
| 2007 | 60.6% | -0.3% |
| 2008 | 60.4% | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 60.2% | -0.3% |
| 2010 | 60.1% | -0.3% |
| 2011 | 59.9% | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 59.7% | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 59.5% | -0.3% |
| 2014 | 59.4% | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 59.2% | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 59.0% | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 58.8% | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 58.7% | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 58.5% | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 58.3% | -0.3% |
| 2021 | 58.2% | -0.3% |
| 2022 | 58.0% | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 57.8% | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 57.6% | -0.3% |
| 2025 | 57.5% | -0.3% |
Samoa compared with similar countries
- Samoa's 57.5% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 35.5%, 1.6× the median. (58 countries reporting)
- Samoa's 57.5% is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 52.4%, 1.1× the median. (35 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 62.7% | 62.0% | 63.5% | 10 |
| 2000s | 61.0% | 60.2% | 61.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 59.3% | 58.5% | 60.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 57.9% | 57.5% | 58.3% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Samoa
More environment data for Samoa
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 0.3482 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 0.3183 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.23 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.919 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 2.68 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate -2.51 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of land covered by forest in Samoa?
- Share of land covered by forest in Samoa was 57.5% in 2025, according to Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (2013) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of land covered by forest recorded in Samoa?
- The highest recorded value was 63.5% in 1990.
- What is the lowest share of land covered by forest recorded in Samoa?
- The lowest recorded value was 57.5% in 2025.
- How does Samoa rank for share of land covered by forest?
- Samoa ranks 41st out of 216 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of land covered by forest rising or falling in Samoa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Samoa data come from?
- The figures come from Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (2013) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of land covered by forest. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Share of land area covered by forest, including both natural forests and forest plantations.