Forest land — Share in Land area in Central Asia
Central Asia: Forest land — Share in Land area was 2.89 % in 2024. ▲ Rising
Forest land — Share in Land area in Central Asia, 1992–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Central Asia recorded 2.89 % for forest land — share in land area in 2024. That is the highest value across all 33 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 5.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest land — share in land area in Central Asia peaked at 2.89 % in 2024 and was at its lowest, 2.46 %, in 1992.
Central Asia ranks 32nd of 32 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 33 years of available data.
Forest land — Share in Land area in Central Asia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 2.46 % | — |
| 1993 | 2.48 % | +0.8% |
| 1994 | 2.49 % | +0.4% |
| 1995 | 2.5 % | +0.4% |
| 1996 | 2.51 % | +0.4% |
| 1997 | 2.52 % | +0.4% |
| 1998 | 2.53 % | +0.4% |
| 1999 | 2.55 % | +0.8% |
| 2000 | 2.55 % | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 2.56 % | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 2.57 % | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 2.58 % | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 2.59 % | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 2.6 % | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 2.6 % | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 2.61 % | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 2.62 % | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 2.63 % | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 2.64 % | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 2.66 % | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 2.69 % | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 2.71 % | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 2.74 % | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 2.75 % | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 2.77 % | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 2.78 % | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 2.8 % | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 2.81 % | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 2.83 % | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 2.84 % | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 2.86 % | +0.7% |
| 2023 | 2.87 % | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 2.89 % | +0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2.5 % | 2.46 % | 2.55 % | 8 |
| 2000s | 2.59 % | 2.55 % | 2.63 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.74 % | 2.64 % | 2.81 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.86 % | 2.83 % | 2.89 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Central Asia
- 29 British Virgin Islands 66.03 % compare
- 30 Cook Islands 64.96 % compare
- 31 Republic of Korea 64.37 % compare
- 32 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 64.09 % compare
- 33 Congo 63.95 % compare
- 34 Panama 62.25 % compare
- 35 Slovenia 61.76 % compare
More environment data for Central Asia
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -3.43 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -7.53 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.724 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 3.05 °C (2025)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 89,684 t (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Production 339,499 t (2024)
- Recovered paper — Production 60,266 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Production 338,315 t (2024)
- Agricultural land — Share in Land area 74.52 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is forest land — share in land area in Central Asia?
- Forest land — share in land area in Central Asia was 2.89 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest forest land — share in land area recorded in Central Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 2.89 % in 2024.
- What is the lowest forest land — share in land area recorded in Central Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.46 % in 1992.
- How does Central Asia rank for forest land — share in land area?
- Central Asia ranks 32nd out of 32 groups with data for 2024.
- Is forest land — share in land area rising or falling in Central Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Central Asia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Forest land — Share in 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.