Forest area in Nicaragua
Nicaragua: Forest area was 4.78 million hectares in 2025. ▼ Falling
Forest area in Nicaragua, 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 Nicaragua is 4.78 million hectares, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 36 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.5% on the previous year and down 4.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest area in Nicaragua peaked at 7.10 million hectares in 1990 and was at its lowest, 4.78 million hectares, in 2025.
Nicaragua ranks 74th of 235 countries on this measure, 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 | 6.65 million hectares | 6.21 million hectares | 7.10 million hectares | 10 |
| 2000s | 5.66 million hectares | 5.21 million hectares | 6.11 million hectares | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.01 million hectares | 4.91 million hectares | 5.11 million hectares | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.84 million hectares | 4.78 million hectares | 4.89 million hectares | 6 |
Countries ranked near Nicaragua
More environment data for Nicaragua
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 19.16 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 2.77 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 9.07 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.3791 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 0.0366 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0029 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 10.54 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0186 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0112 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 1.03 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is forest area in Nicaragua?
- Forest area in Nicaragua was 4.78 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 Nicaragua?
- The highest recorded value was 7.10 million hectares in 1990.
- What is the lowest forest area recorded in Nicaragua?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.78 million hectares in 2025.
- How does Nicaragua rank for forest area?
- Nicaragua ranks 74th out of 235 countries with data for 2025.
- Is forest area rising or falling in Nicaragua?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Nicaragua 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.