Forest area in Mongolia
Mongolia: Forest area was 14.18 million hectares in 2025. ▬ Flat
Forest area in Mongolia, 1990–2025
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 forest area in Mongolia is 14.18 million hectares, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 36 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest area in Mongolia peaked at 14.35 million hectares in 1990 and was at its lowest, 14.18 million hectares, in 2015.
Mongolia ranks 44th of 235 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 14.31 million hectares | 14.27 million hectares | 14.35 million hectares | 10 |
| 2000s | 14.23 million hectares | 14.19 million hectares | 14.26 million hectares | 10 |
| 2010s | 14.18 million hectares | 14.18 million hectares | 14.18 million hectares | 10 |
| 2020s | 14.18 million hectares | 14.18 million hectares | 14.18 million hectares | 6 |
Countries ranked near Mongolia
More environment data for Mongolia
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 104.36 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 29.61 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 18.68 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.2848 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 44.99 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.004 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 64.5 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0051 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0127 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 0.5127 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is forest area in Mongolia?
- Forest area in Mongolia was 14.18 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 Mongolia?
- The highest recorded value was 14.35 million hectares in 1990.
- What is the lowest forest area recorded in Mongolia?
- The lowest recorded value was 14.18 million hectares in 2015.
- How does Mongolia rank for forest area?
- Mongolia ranks 44th out of 235 countries with data for 2025.
- Is forest area rising or falling in Mongolia?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Mongolia 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.