Forest land — Share in Land area in Palau

Palau: Forest land — Share in Land area was 90.83 % in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
90.83 %
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
5th
of 231 countries
All-time high
90.83 %
in 2023
All-time low
83.25 %
in 1991
Years of data
34
1991–2024

Forest land — Share in Land area in Palau, 1991–2024

0204060801001991200720241991: 83.2 %1992: 83.6 %1993: 83.9 %1994: 84.2 %1995: 84.5 %1996: 84.8 %1997: 85.1 %1998: 85.4 %1999: 85.7 %2000: 86 %2001: 86.3 %2002: 86.5 %2003: 86.7 %2004: 86.9 %2005: 87.1 %2006: 87.3 %2007: 87.5 %2008: 87.8 %2009: 88 %2010: 88.2 %2011: 88.4 %2012: 88.5 %2013: 88.7 %2014: 88.9 %2015: 89.1 %2016: 89.3 %2017: 89.5 %2018: 89.7 %2019: 89.9 %2020: 90.2 %2021: 90.4 %2022: 90.6 %2023: 90.8 %2024: 90.8 %

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 231 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest 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

  1. 2 Micronesia (Federated States of) 92.07 % compare
  2. 3 Suriname 91.54 % compare
  3. 4 Gabon 91.44 % compare
  4. 6 Solomon Islands 89.84 % compare
  5. 7 Guyana 87.07 % compare
  6. 8 Equatorial Guinea 86.09 % compare

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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 231 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

Indicator
Forest land — Share in Land area
Unit
%
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
267 places, 9,048 data points, 1990–2024
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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.