Forest land — Area in Peru
Peru: Forest land — Area was 67,160 1000 ha in 2025. ▼ Falling
Forest land — Area in Peru, 1990–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
In 2025, forest land — area in Peru stood at 67,160 1000 ha. That is the lowest value across all 36 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.4% on the previous year and down 3.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest land — area in Peru peaked at 77,038 1000 ha in 1990 and was at its lowest, 67,160 1000 ha, in 2025.
Peru ranks 12th of 231 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 36 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 75,691 1000 ha | 74,344 1000 ha | 77,038 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 72,698 1000 ha | 71,350 1000 ha | 74,044 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 69,824 1000 ha | 68,836 1000 ha | 71,051 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 67,908 1000 ha | 67,160 1000 ha | 68,656 1000 ha | 6 |
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More environment data for Peru
- Standard Deviation 0.295 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.18 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 72,000 t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 72,000 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 1,458 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import quantity 915 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export value 76,848 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export quantity 81,340 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import value 312,597 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import quantity 367,282 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is forest land — area in Peru?
- Forest land — area in Peru was 67,160 1000 ha in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest forest land — area recorded in Peru?
- The highest recorded value was 77,038 1000 ha in 1990.
- What is the lowest forest land — area recorded in Peru?
- The lowest recorded value was 67,160 1000 ha in 2025.
- How does Peru rank for forest land — area?
- Peru ranks 12th out of 231 countries with data for 2025.
- Is forest land — area rising or falling in Peru?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Peru 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.