Forest land — Area in Chile
Chile: Forest land — Area was 18,162 1000 ha in 2025. ▲ Rising
Forest land — Area in Chile, 1990–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Chile recorded 18,162 1000 ha for forest land — area in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest land — area in Chile peaked at 18,217 1000 ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 16,811 1000 ha, in 1990.
Chile ranks 39th of 231 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 17,087 1000 ha | 16,811 1000 ha | 17,363 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 17,701 1000 ha | 17,425 1000 ha | 17,977 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 18,157 1000 ha | 18,038 1000 ha | 18,217 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 18,174 1000 ha | 18,162 1000 ha | 18,186 1000 ha | 6 |
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More environment data for Chile
- Standard Deviation 0.266 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.82 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 144,000 t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 5.62 million t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 12,122 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import quantity 4,915 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export value 494,976 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export quantity 515,059 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import value 382,142 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import quantity 434,449 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is forest land — area in Chile?
- Forest land — area in Chile was 18,162 1000 ha in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest forest land — area recorded in Chile?
- The highest recorded value was 18,217 1000 ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest forest land — area recorded in Chile?
- The lowest recorded value was 16,811 1000 ha in 1990.
- How does Chile rank for forest land — area?
- Chile ranks 39th out of 231 countries with data for 2025.
- Is forest land — area rising or falling in Chile?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Chile 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.