Forest land — Share in Land area in Southern Asia
Southern Asia: Forest land — Share in Land area was 15.76 % in 2024. ▲ Rising
Forest land — Share in Land area in Southern Asia, 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 Southern Asia is 15.76 %, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 2.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest land — share in land area in Southern Asia peaked at 15.76 % in 2024 and was at its lowest, 14.35 %, in 1990.
That places Southern Asia 38th out of 47 regions with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 14.61 % | 14.35 % | 14.87 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 15.07 % | 14.93 % | 15.2 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 15.41 % | 15.23 % | 15.64 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 15.72 % | 15.69 % | 15.76 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Southern Asia
More environment data for Southern Asia
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.274 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.44 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 8.45 million t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 15.39 million t (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per area of cropland 44.63 kg/ha (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per capita 13.9 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 38.89 g/Int$ (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Import quantity 4.77 million t (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Agricultural Use 10.64 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is forest land — share in land area in Southern Asia?
- Forest land — share in land area in Southern Asia was 15.76 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest forest land — share in land area recorded in Southern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 15.76 % in 2024.
- What is the lowest forest land — share in land area recorded in Southern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 14.35 % in 1990.
- How does Southern Asia rank for forest land — share in land area?
- Southern Asia ranks 38th out of 47 regions with data for 2024.
- Is forest land — share in land area rising or falling in Southern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Southern 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.