Forest area in Venezuela
Venezuela: Forest area was 47.09 million hectares in 2025. ▼ Falling
Forest area in Venezuela, 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 Venezuela stood at 47.09 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 1.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest area in Venezuela peaked at 50.48 million hectares in 1990 and was at its lowest, 47.09 million hectares, in 2025.
Venezuela ranks 15th 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 | 49.92 million hectares | 49.36 million hectares | 50.48 million hectares | 10 |
| 2000s | 48.85 million hectares | 48.47 million hectares | 49.23 million hectares | 10 |
| 2010s | 47.92 million hectares | 47.44 million hectares | 48.38 million hectares | 10 |
| 2020s | 47.21 million hectares | 47.09 million hectares | 47.33 million hectares | 6 |
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More environment data for Venezuela
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 167.32 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 5.89 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 32.46 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.0873 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 12.28 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0155 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 53 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.017 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0881 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 7.94 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is forest area in Venezuela?
- Forest area in Venezuela was 47.09 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 Venezuela?
- The highest recorded value was 50.48 million hectares in 1990.
- What is the lowest forest area recorded in Venezuela?
- The lowest recorded value was 47.09 million hectares in 2025.
- How does Venezuela rank for forest area?
- Venezuela ranks 15th out of 235 countries with data for 2025.
- Is forest area rising or falling in Venezuela?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Venezuela 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.