Forest land — Share in Land area in Singapore
Singapore: Forest land — Share in Land area was 21.8 % in 2024. ▼ Falling
Forest land — Share in Land area in Singapore, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for forest land — share in land area in Singapore is 21.8 %, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.2% on the previous year and down 7.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest land — share in land area in Singapore peaked at 25.5 % in 2001 and was at its lowest, 21.8 %, in 2024.
That places Singapore 144th out of 231 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 23.6 % | 22.13 % | 25.06 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 25.25 % | 25.09 % | 25.5 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 23.61 % | 22.28 % | 25.29 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 21.91 % | 21.8 % | 22.03 % | 5 |
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More environment data for Singapore
- Inland waters — Area 1 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 15.15 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 0.1 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 84.85 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 0.56 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Area per capita 0 ha/cap (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Land area 0.91 % (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Agricultural land 100 % (2024)
- Cropland — Area 0.66 1000 ha (2024)
- Agricultural land — Value of agricultural production (Int. $) per Area 102,536 USD_PPP/ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is forest land — share in land area in Singapore?
- Forest land — share in land area in Singapore was 21.8 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest forest land — share in land area recorded in Singapore?
- The highest recorded value was 25.5 % in 2001.
- What is the lowest forest land — share in land area recorded in Singapore?
- The lowest recorded value was 21.8 % in 2024.
- How does Singapore rank for forest land — share in land area?
- Singapore ranks 144th out of 231 countries with data for 2024.
- Is forest land — share in land area rising or falling in Singapore?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Singapore 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.