Forest area in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: Forest area was 1.87 million hectares in 2025. ▼ Falling
Forest area in Bangladesh, 1990–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in hectares.
Analysis
Bangladesh recorded 1.87 million hectares for forest area in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 36 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.1% on the previous year and down 0.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest area in Bangladesh peaked at 1.99 million hectares in 1990 and was at its lowest, 1.87 million hectares, in 2025.
That places Bangladesh 114th out of 235 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 36 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.96 million hectares | 1.93 million hectares | 1.99 million hectares | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.91 million hectares | 1.89 million hectares | 1.92 million hectares | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.88 million hectares | 1.88 million hectares | 1.89 million hectares | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.88 million hectares | 1.87 million hectares | 1.88 million hectares | 6 |
Countries ranked near Bangladesh
More environment data for Bangladesh
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 220.83 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 1.27 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 47.41 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 3.57 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 2.2 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0339 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 70.46 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0703 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.1507 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 17.03 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is forest area in Bangladesh?
- Forest area in Bangladesh was 1.87 million 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 forest area recorded in Bangladesh?
- The highest recorded value was 1.99 million hectares in 1990.
- What is the lowest forest area recorded in Bangladesh?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.87 million hectares in 2025.
- How does Bangladesh rank for forest area?
- Bangladesh ranks 114th out of 235 countries with data for 2025.
- Is forest area rising or falling in Bangladesh?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Bangladesh 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 Forest area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Forest area is land under natural or planted stands of trees of at least 5 meters in situ, whether productive or not, and excludes tree stands in agricultural production systems.