Forest area in East Timor
East Timor: Forest area was 1.05 million hectares in 2025. ▬ Flat
Forest area in East Timor, 1990–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in hectares.
Analysis
East Timor recorded 1.05 million hectares for forest area in 2025. 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 1.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest area in East Timor peaked at 1.10 million hectares in 1990 and was at its lowest, 1.05 million hectares, in 2025.
That places East Timor 126th out of 235 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.09 million hectares | 1.09 million hectares | 1.10 million hectares | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.08 million hectares | 1.07 million hectares | 1.09 million hectares | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.07 million hectares | 1.06 million hectares | 1.07 million hectares | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.06 million hectares | 1.05 million hectares | 1.06 million hectares | 6 |
Countries ranked near East Timor
- 123 Afghanistan 1.21 million hectares compare
- 124 Fiji 1.14 million hectares compare
- 125 Niger 1.06 million hectares compare
- 127 North Macedonia 1.03 million hectares compare
- 128 Mauritania 1.02 million hectares compare
- 129 Albania 941,000 hectares compare
More environment data for East Timor
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 1.94 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 1.39 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 0.8314 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.0059 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 0.0702 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0001 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 1.01 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0002 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0016 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 0.1033 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is forest area in East Timor?
- Forest area in East Timor was 1.05 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 East Timor?
- The highest recorded value was 1.10 million hectares in 1990.
- What is the lowest forest area recorded in East Timor?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.05 million hectares in 2025.
- How does East Timor rank for forest area?
- East Timor ranks 126th out of 235 countries with data for 2025.
- Is forest area rising or falling in East Timor?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this East Timor 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.