Forest land — Area in Eastern Asia
Eastern Asia: Forest land — Area was 280,246 1000 ha in 2025. ▲ Rising
Forest land — Area in Eastern Asia, 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 Eastern Asia is 280,246 1000 ha, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.6% on the previous year and up 6.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest land — area in Eastern Asia peaked at 280,246 1000 ha in 2025 and was at its lowest, 210,449 1000 ha, in 1990.
Eastern Asia ranks 17th of 36 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 219,279 1000 ha | 210,449 1000 ha | 228,110 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 240,707 1000 ha | 230,072 1000 ha | 251,342 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 262,228 1000 ha | 253,705 1000 ha | 270,405 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 276,205 1000 ha | 272,164 1000 ha | 280,246 1000 ha | 6 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Asia
- 14 Angola 63,262 1000 ha compare
- 15 Colombia 59,457 1000 ha compare
- 16 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 54,370 1000 ha compare
- 17 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 47,088 1000 ha compare
- 18 Argentina 46,598 1000 ha compare
- 19 Zambia 44,874 1000 ha compare
- 20 United Republic of Tanzania 43,400 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Eastern Asia
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per capita 5.7 kg/cap (2024)
- Agricultural land — Share in Land area 43.97 % (2024)
- Agricultural land — Value of agricultural production (Int. $) per Area 2,108 USD_PPP/ha (2024)
- Cropland — Area 138,841 1000 ha (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per value of agricultural 8.81 g/Int$ (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Agricultural Use 9.44 million t (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Land area 12 % (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Agricultural land 27.3 % (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity 8.85 million t (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per area of cropland 68.03 kg/ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is forest land — area in Eastern Asia?
- Forest land — area in Eastern Asia was 280,246 1000 ha in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest forest land — area recorded in Eastern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 280,246 1000 ha in 2025.
- What is the lowest forest land — area recorded in Eastern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 210,449 1000 ha in 1990.
- How does Eastern Asia rank for forest land — area?
- Eastern Asia ranks 17th out of 36 groups with data for 2025.
- Is forest land — area rising or falling in Eastern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eastern Asia 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.