Forest land — Share in Land area in Northern America
Northern America: Forest land — Share in Land area was 36.94 % in 2024. ▬ Flat
Forest land — Share in Land area in Northern America, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, forest land — share in land area in Northern America stood at 36.94 %.
The figure is up 1.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest land — share in land area in Northern America peaked at 36.96 % in 2021 and was at its lowest, 35.81 %, in 1997.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 35.89 % | 35.81 % | 35.94 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 36.07 % | 35.81 % | 36.34 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 36.54 % | 36.39 % | 36.61 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 36.88 % | 36.61 % | 36.96 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Northern America
- 1 French Guiana 96.37 % compare
- 2 Suriname 91.54 % compare
- 3 Gabon 91.44 % compare
- 4 Niue 72.86 % compare
- 4 Palau 90.83 % compare
- 5 Solomon Islands 89.84 % compare
- 6 Guyana 87.07 % compare
- 7 Cook Islands 64.96 % compare
- 7 Equatorial Guinea 86.09 % compare
More environment data for Northern America
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.466 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.49 °C (2025)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 92.54 million t (2024)
- Recovered paper — Production 43.74 million t (2024)
- Country area — Area 2.59 million 1000 ha (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 34.16 g/Int$ (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per capita 37.99 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 11.92 g/Int$ (2024)
- Inland waters — Area 176,906 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is forest land — share in land area in Northern America?
- Forest land — share in land area in Northern America was 36.94 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest forest land — share in land area recorded in Northern America?
- The highest recorded value was 36.96 % in 2021.
- What is the lowest forest land — share in land area recorded in Northern America?
- The lowest recorded value was 35.81 % in 1997.
- How does Northern America rank for forest land — share in land area?
- Northern America ranks 4th out of 10 groups with data for 2024.
- Is forest land — share in land area rising or falling in Northern America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.0%. 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 — 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.