Forest land — Area in Philippines
Philippines: Forest land — Area was 7,439 1000 ha in 2025. ▼ Falling
Forest land — Area in Philippines, 1990–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Philippines recorded 7,439 1000 ha for forest land — area in 2025.
That represents a change of up 0.6% on the previous year and up 6.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest land — area in Philippines peaked at 7,779 1000 ha in 1990 and was at its lowest, 6,840 1000 ha, in 2010.
Philippines ranks 65th of 231 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 36 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 7,568 1000 ha | 7,356 1000 ha | 7,779 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,098 1000 ha | 6,887 1000 ha | 7,309 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,004 1000 ha | 6,840 1000 ha | 7,184 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,333 1000 ha | 7,226 1000 ha | 7,439 1000 ha | 6 |
Countries ranked near Philippines
- 62 Namibia 8,043 1000 ha compare
- 63 French Guiana 7,982 1000 ha compare
- 64 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 7,728 1000 ha compare
- 66 South Sudan 7,160 1000 ha compare
- 67 Ghana 7,056 1000 ha compare
- 68 Romania 6,957 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Philippines
- Standard Deviation 0.177 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.905 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 912,377 t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 945,377 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 48,311 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import quantity 33,819 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export value 52,144 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export quantity 30,313 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import value 719,572 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import quantity 1.00 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is forest land — area in Philippines?
- Forest land — area in Philippines was 7,439 1000 ha in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest forest land — area recorded in Philippines?
- The highest recorded value was 7,779 1000 ha in 1990.
- What is the lowest forest land — area recorded in Philippines?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,840 1000 ha in 2010.
- How does Philippines rank for forest land — area?
- Philippines ranks 65th out of 231 countries with data for 2025.
- Is forest land — area rising or falling in Philippines?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Philippines 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.