Forest area in Chile
Chile: Forest area was 18.16 million hectares in 2025. ▲ Rising
Forest area in Chile, 1990–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in hectares.
Analysis
In 2025, forest area in Chile stood at 18.16 million hectares.
That represents a change of down 0.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest area in Chile peaked at 18.22 million hectares in 2015 and was at its lowest, 16.81 million hectares, in 1990.
Chile ranks 37th of 235 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 17.09 million hectares | 16.81 million hectares | 17.36 million hectares | 10 |
| 2000s | 17.70 million hectares | 17.42 million hectares | 17.98 million hectares | 10 |
| 2010s | 18.16 million hectares | 18.04 million hectares | 18.22 million hectares | 10 |
| 2020s | 18.17 million hectares | 18.16 million hectares | 18.19 million hectares | 6 |
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More environment data for Chile
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 118.12 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 5.98 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 6.65 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.9074 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 1.05 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0882 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 23.3 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.1813 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0652 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 14.34 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is forest area in Chile?
- Forest area in Chile was 18.16 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 Chile?
- The highest recorded value was 18.22 million hectares in 2015.
- What is the lowest forest area recorded in Chile?
- The lowest recorded value was 16.81 million hectares in 1990.
- How does Chile rank for forest area?
- Chile ranks 37th out of 235 countries with data for 2025.
- Is forest area rising or falling in Chile?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Chile 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.