Forest land — Share in Land area in Palau
Palau: Forest land — Share in Land area was 90.83 % in 2024. ▲ Rising
Forest land — Share in Land area in Palau, 1991–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Palau recorded 90.83 % for forest land — share in land area in 2024. That is the highest value across all 34 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest land — share in land area in Palau peaked at 90.83 % in 2023 and was at its lowest, 83.25 %, in 1991.
Palau ranks 5th of 249 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Forest land — Share in Land area in Palau, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 83.25 % | — |
| 1992 | 83.56 % | +0.4% |
| 1993 | 83.87 % | +0.4% |
| 1994 | 84.18 % | +0.4% |
| 1995 | 84.49 % | +0.4% |
| 1996 | 84.8 % | +0.4% |
| 1997 | 85.11 % | +0.4% |
| 1998 | 85.42 % | +0.4% |
| 1999 | 85.73 % | +0.4% |
| 2000 | 86.04 % | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 86.26 % | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 86.47 % | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 86.68 % | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 86.9 % | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 87.11 % | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 87.32 % | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 87.53 % | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 87.75 % | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 87.96 % | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 88.17 % | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 88.36 % | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 88.55 % | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 88.73 % | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 88.92 % | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 89.11 % | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 89.3 % | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 89.48 % | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 89.67 % | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 89.86 % | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 90.24 % | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 90.44 % | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 90.63 % | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 90.83 % | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 90.83 % | +0.0% |
Palau compared with similar countries
- Palau's 90.83 % is above the median for high income countries, which is 34.12 %, 2.7× the median. (78 countries reporting)
- Palau's 90.83 % is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 50.67 %, 1.8× the median. (31 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 84.49 % | 83.25 % | 85.73 % | 9 |
| 2000s | 87 % | 86.04 % | 87.96 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 89.02 % | 88.17 % | 89.86 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 90.59 % | 90.24 % | 90.83 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Palau
- 2 Micronesia (Federated States of) 92.07 % compare
- 3 Suriname 91.54 % compare
- 4 Gabon 91.44 % compare
- 6 Solomon Islands 89.84 % compare
- 7 Guyana 87.07 % compare
- 8 Equatorial Guinea 86.09 % compare
More environment data for Palau
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 14.18 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.167 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.05 °C (2025)
- Cropland — Share in Land area 5 % (2024)
- Agricultural land — Share in Land area 9.35 % (2024)
- Cropland — Area 2.3 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Agricultural land 53.49 % (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 6.98 % (2024)
- Roundwood — Import value 45 1000 USD (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is forest land — share in land area in Palau?
- Forest land — share in land area in Palau was 90.83 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest forest land — share in land area recorded in Palau?
- The highest recorded value was 90.83 % in 2023.
- What is the lowest forest land — share in land area recorded in Palau?
- The lowest recorded value was 83.25 % in 1991.
- How does Palau rank for forest land — share in land area?
- Palau ranks 5th out of 249 countries with data for 2024.
- Is forest land — share in land area rising or falling in Palau?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Palau 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.