Forest land — Area in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: Forest land — Area was 1,873 1000 ha in 2025. ▼ Falling
Forest land — Area in Bangladesh, 1990–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for forest land — area in Bangladesh is 1,873 1000 ha, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 36 years on record.
The figure is down 0.1% on the previous year and down 0.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest land — area in Bangladesh peaked at 1,985 1000 ha in 1990 and was at its lowest, 1,873 1000 ha, in 2025.
Bangladesh ranks 118th of 231 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 | 1,956 1000 ha | 1,927 1000 ha | 1,985 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,906 1000 ha | 1,891 1000 ha | 1,920 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,884 1000 ha | 1,879 1000 ha | 1,888 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,876 1000 ha | 1,873 1000 ha | 1,878 1000 ha | 6 |
Countries ranked near Bangladesh
More environment data for Bangladesh
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 99.02 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 8,713 1000 ha (2024)
- Inland waters — Area 1,759 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 4.61 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 6.38 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 600 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 9.81 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 922 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 83.81 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 7,877 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is forest land — area in Bangladesh?
- Forest land — area in Bangladesh was 1,873 1000 ha in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest forest land — area recorded in Bangladesh?
- The highest recorded value was 1,985 1000 ha in 1990.
- What is the lowest forest land — area recorded in Bangladesh?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,873 1000 ha in 2025.
- How does Bangladesh rank for forest land — area?
- Bangladesh ranks 118th out of 231 countries with data for 2025.
- Is forest land — area rising or falling in Bangladesh?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Bangladesh 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.