Forest area in Myanmar
Myanmar: Forest area was 27.10 million hectares in 2025. ▼ Falling
Forest area in Myanmar, 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 Myanmar is 27.10 million hectares, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 36 years on record.
The figure is down 1.1% on the previous year and down 9.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest area in Myanmar peaked at 39.22 million hectares in 1990 and was at its lowest, 27.10 million hectares, in 2025.
Myanmar ranks 23rd of 235 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 36 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 37.26 million hectares | 35.30 million hectares | 39.22 million hectares | 10 |
| 2000s | 33.33 million hectares | 31.78 million hectares | 34.87 million hectares | 10 |
| 2010s | 30.14 million hectares | 28.83 million hectares | 31.44 million hectares | 10 |
| 2020s | 27.82 million hectares | 27.10 million hectares | 28.54 million hectares | 6 |
Countries ranked near Myanmar
More environment data for Myanmar
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 117.79 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 2.16 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 63.91 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 3.71 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 1.28 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.014 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 72.72 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0085 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0586 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 3.74 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is forest area in Myanmar?
- Forest area in Myanmar was 27.10 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 Myanmar?
- The highest recorded value was 39.22 million hectares in 1990.
- What is the lowest forest area recorded in Myanmar?
- The lowest recorded value was 27.10 million hectares in 2025.
- How does Myanmar rank for forest area?
- Myanmar ranks 23rd out of 235 countries with data for 2025.
- Is forest area rising or falling in Myanmar?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Myanmar 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.