Forest land — Area in Northern America
Northern America: Forest land — Area was 677,716 1000 ha in 2025. ▬ Flat
Forest land — Area in Northern America, 1990–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Northern America recorded 677,716 1000 ha for forest land — area in 2025.
That represents a change of down 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest land — area in Northern America peaked at 678,125 1000 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 663,230 1000 ha, in 1990.
Northern America ranks 8th of 32 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
Forest land — Area in Northern America, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 663,230 1000 ha | — |
| 1991 | 663,292 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 663,353 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 663,414 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 663,476 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 663,537 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 663,598 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 663,660 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 663,721 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 663,782 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 663,844 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 664,875 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 665,906 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 666,937 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 667,968 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 668,999 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 670,030 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 671,061 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 672,092 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 673,123 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 674,154 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 674,941 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 675,729 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 676,516 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 677,304 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 678,092 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 678,098 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 678,105 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 678,112 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 678,118 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 678,125 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 678,043 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2022 | 677,961 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2023 | 677,880 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2024 | 677,798 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2025 | 677,716 1000 ha | -0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 663,506 1000 ha | 663,230 1000 ha | 663,782 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 668,484 1000 ha | 663,844 1000 ha | 673,123 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 676,917 1000 ha | 674,154 1000 ha | 678,118 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 677,920 1000 ha | 677,716 1000 ha | 678,125 1000 ha | 6 |
Countries ranked near Northern America
- 5 Canada 368,819 1000 ha compare
- 6 United States 308,895 1000 ha compare
- 7 China 227,153 1000 ha compare
- 7 China, mainland 227,153 1000 ha compare
- 9 Australia and New Zealand 143,865 1000 ha compare
- 10 Democratic Republic of the Congo 139,189 1000 ha compare
- 11 Australia 133,562 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Northern America
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -2.23 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -3.25 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.466 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.49 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 43.74 million t (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Production 70.81 million t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Production 60.43 million t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 92.54 million t (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per area of cropland 25.03 kg/ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is forest land — area in Northern America?
- Forest land — area in Northern America was 677,716 1000 ha in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest forest land — area recorded in Northern America?
- The highest recorded value was 678,125 1000 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest forest land — area recorded in Northern America?
- The lowest recorded value was 663,230 1000 ha in 1990.
- How does Northern America rank for forest land — area?
- Northern America ranks 8th out of 32 groups with data for 2025.
- Is forest land — area rising or falling in Northern America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Northern 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.