Forest area in Nauru
Nauru: Forest area was 0 hectares in 2025. ▬ Flat
Forest area in Nauru, 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 Nauru is 0 hectares, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
Over the whole period, forest area in Nauru peaked at 0 hectares in 1990 and was at its lowest, 0 hectares, in 1990.
That places Nauru 229th out of 235 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0 hectares | 0 hectares | 0 hectares | 10 |
| 2000s | 0 hectares | 0 hectares | 0 hectares | 10 |
| 2010s | 0 hectares | 0 hectares | 0 hectares | 10 |
| 2020s | 0 hectares | 0 hectares | 0 hectares | 6 |
Countries ranked near Nauru
- 226 Saint Barthelemy 170 hectares compare
- 227 Faroe Islands 80 hectares compare
- 228 Curacao 70 hectares compare
- 229 Falkland Islands 0 hectares compare
- 229 Gibraltar 0 hectares compare
- 229 Monaco 0 hectares compare
- 229 Svalbard and Jan Mayen 0 hectares compare
- 229 Tokelau 0 hectares compare
- 229 Vatican 0 hectares compare
More environment data for Nauru
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 0.0014 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 0.1172 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 0.0003 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 0.0009 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 0.0006 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Processes 0 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 0 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 0 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Carbon intensity of GDP 0 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP (2024)
- Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Agriculture 0.0002 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is forest area in Nauru?
- Forest area in Nauru was 0 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 Nauru?
- The highest recorded value was 0 hectares in 1990.
- What is the lowest forest area recorded in Nauru?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 hectares in 1990.
- How does Nauru rank for forest area?
- Nauru ranks 229th out of 235 countries with data for 2025.
- Where does this Nauru 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.