Forest land — Area in Central America
Central America: Forest land — Area was 90,047 1000 ha in 2025. ▼ Falling
Forest land — Area in Central America, 1990–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Central America recorded 90,047 1000 ha for forest land — area in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 36 years on record.
The figure is down 0.2% on the previous year and down 2.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest land — area in Central America peaked at 101,430 1000 ha in 1990 and was at its lowest, 90,047 1000 ha, in 2025.
That places Central America 23rd out of 36 groups with data for 2025, putting it 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 | 99,394 1000 ha | 97,358 1000 ha | 101,430 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 95,341 1000 ha | 93,778 1000 ha | 96,905 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 92,463 1000 ha | 91,398 1000 ha | 93,430 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 90,596 1000 ha | 90,047 1000 ha | 91,145 1000 ha | 6 |
Countries ranked near Central America
- 20 United Republic of Tanzania 43,400 1000 ha compare
- 21 Melanesia 39,480 1000 ha compare
- 22 Papua New Guinea 34,029 1000 ha compare
- 23 Mozambique 32,243 1000 ha compare
- 24 Sudan (former) 31,559 1000 ha compare
- 25 Sweden 27,934 1000 ha compare
- 26 Myanmar 27,095 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Central America
- Agricultural land — Value of agricultural production (Int. $) per Area 754.93 USD_PPP/ha (2024)
- Arable land — Area 25,888 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Area per capita 0.18 ha/cap (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Land area 13.51 % (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Agricultural land 28.48 % (2024)
- Cropland — Area 33,122 1000 ha (2024)
- Agricultural land — Area 116,316 1000 ha (2024)
- Land area — Area 245,161 1000 ha (2024)
- Agriculture — Area 116,397 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 22.26 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is forest land — area in Central America?
- Forest land — area in Central America was 90,047 1000 ha in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest forest land — area recorded in Central America?
- The highest recorded value was 101,430 1000 ha in 1990.
- What is the lowest forest land — area recorded in Central America?
- The lowest recorded value was 90,047 1000 ha in 2025.
- How does Central America rank for forest land — area?
- Central America ranks 23rd out of 36 groups with data for 2025.
- Is forest land — area rising or falling in Central America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Central America 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.