Forest land — Area in Americas
Americas: Forest land — Area was 1.62 million 1000 ha in 2025. ▼ Falling
Forest land — Area in Americas, 1990–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Americas recorded 1.62 million 1000 ha for forest land — area in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 36 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.3% on the previous year and down 2.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest land — area in Americas peaked at 1.80 million 1000 ha in 1990 and was at its lowest, 1.62 million 1000 ha, in 2025.
Americas ranks 2nd of 32 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 36 years of available data.
Forest land — Area in Americas, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 1.80 million 1000 ha | — |
| 1991 | 1.79 million 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 1992 | 1.78 million 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 1993 | 1.78 million 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 1994 | 1.77 million 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 1995 | 1.76 million 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 1996 | 1.75 million 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 1997 | 1.75 million 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 1998 | 1.74 million 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 1999 | 1.73 million 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2000 | 1.72 million 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2001 | 1.72 million 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2002 | 1.71 million 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2003 | 1.71 million 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2004 | 1.71 million 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2005 | 1.70 million 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2006 | 1.70 million 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 1.69 million 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 1.69 million 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2009 | 1.69 million 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2010 | 1.68 million 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 1.68 million 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 1.68 million 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 1.67 million 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 1.67 million 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 1.67 million 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 1.66 million 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 1.66 million 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 1.66 million 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 1.65 million 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 1.65 million 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 1.64 million 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2022 | 1.64 million 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 1.63 million 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 1.63 million 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2025 | 1.62 million 1000 ha | -0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.77 million 1000 ha | 1.73 million 1000 ha | 1.80 million 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.70 million 1000 ha | 1.69 million 1000 ha | 1.72 million 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.67 million 1000 ha | 1.65 million 1000 ha | 1.68 million 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.64 million 1000 ha | 1.62 million 1000 ha | 1.65 million 1000 ha | 6 |
Countries ranked near Americas
More environment data for Americas
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Temperature change 1.95 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.303 °C (2025)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Annual growth US$ 2.72 % (2024)
- Wood fuel, coniferous — Production 78.58 million m3 (2024)
- Wood fuel, non-coniferous — Production 263.00 million m3 (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Share of GDP US$ 1.73 % (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Value US$, 2015 525,862 million USD (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Share of GDP US$ 1.74 % (2024)
- Wood fuel — Production 341.57 million m3 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is forest land — area in Americas?
- Forest land — area in Americas was 1.62 million 1000 ha in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest forest land — area recorded in Americas?
- The highest recorded value was 1.80 million 1000 ha in 1990.
- What is the lowest forest land — area recorded in Americas?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.62 million 1000 ha in 2025.
- How does Americas rank for forest land — area?
- Americas ranks 2nd out of 32 groups with data for 2025.
- Is forest land — area rising or falling in Americas?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Americas data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Forest land — Area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT Land Use domain contains data on twenty-one land use categories and twenty-three categories of irrigation and agricultural practices. Data are available yearly and by country, regional and global levels. The domain includes Land Use Indicators providing information on the percentage share of agricultural and forest land, and their sub-components, including irrigated areas and areas under organic agriculture, within a country land use matrix. Data are available at country, regional and global level, for the following elements: (in percentage) i) Share in Land area; ii) Share in Agricultural land, iii) Share in Cropland; and iv) Share in Forest land; (in ha/pc) v) Area per capita.