Forest land β Area in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)
Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs): Forest land β Area was 471,467 1000 ha in 2025. βΌ Falling
Forest land β Area in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs), 1990β2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) recorded 471,467 1000 ha for forest land β area in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 36 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.4% on the previous year and down 4.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest land β area in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) peaked at 561,435 1000 ha in 1990 and was at its lowest, 471,467 1000 ha, in 2025.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 36 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 552,043 1000 ha | 540,204 1000 ha | 561,435 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 525,087 1000 ha | 512,784 1000 ha | 537,390 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 496,275 1000 ha | 484,266 1000 ha | 510,050 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 476,680 1000 ha | 471,467 1000 ha | 481,892 1000 ha | 6 |
Countries ranked near Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)
- 2 Russian Federation 832,630 1000 ha compare
- 3 Brazil 486,087 1000 ha compare
- 4 Canada 368,819 1000 ha compare
- 5 China 227,153 1000 ha compare
- 5 China, mainland 227,153 1000 ha compare
- 7 Australia and New Zealand 143,865 1000 ha compare
- 8 Australia 133,562 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)
- Temperature change 1.36 Β°C (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.238 Β°C (2025)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) β Value US$ 299,875 million USD (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) β Agricultural Use 2.89 million t (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) β Export quantity 316,092 t (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) β Import quantity 1.96 million t (2024)
- Agricultural land β Area 863,406 1000 ha (2024)
- Agricultural land β Share in Land area 43 % (2024)
- Cropland β Area 224,322 1000 ha (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) β Annual growth US$ 2.81 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is forest land β area in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- Forest land β area in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) was 471,467 1000 ha in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest forest land β area recorded in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 561,435 1000 ha in 1990.
- What is the lowest forest land β area recorded in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 471,467 1000 ha in 2025.
- How does Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) rank for forest land β area?
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) ranks 5th out of 10 groups with data for 2025.
- Is forest land β area rising or falling in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Forest land β 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.