Forest area in Panama
Panama: Forest area was 4.61 million hectares in 2025. ▼ Falling
Forest area in Panama, 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 Panama stood at 4.61 million hectares. That is the lowest value across all 36 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.1% on the previous year and down 0.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest area in Panama peaked at 4.96 million hectares in 1990 and was at its lowest, 4.61 million hectares, in 2025.
Panama ranks 76th 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 | 4.88 million hectares | 4.81 million hectares | 4.96 million hectares | 10 |
| 2000s | 4.74 million hectares | 4.69 million hectares | 4.79 million hectares | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.65 million hectares | 4.63 million hectares | 4.68 million hectares | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.62 million hectares | 4.61 million hectares | 4.63 million hectares | 6 |
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More environment data for Panama
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 19.22 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 4.26 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 3.04 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.0585 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 0.0039 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0046 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 4.82 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0048 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0274 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 1.68 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is forest area in Panama?
- Forest area in Panama was 4.61 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 Panama?
- The highest recorded value was 4.96 million hectares in 1990.
- What is the lowest forest area recorded in Panama?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.61 million hectares in 2025.
- How does Panama rank for forest area?
- Panama ranks 76th out of 235 countries with data for 2025.
- Is forest area rising or falling in Panama?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Panama 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.