Forest land — Share in Land area in World
World: Forest land — Share in Land area was 31.85 % in 2024. ▬ Flat
Forest land — Share in Land area in World, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
World recorded 31.85 % for forest land — share in land area in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and down 0.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest land — share in land area in World peaked at 33.31 % in 1990 and was at its lowest, 31.85 %, in 2024.
That places World 18th out of 36 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 33.03 % | 32.68 % | 33.31 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 32.43 % | 32.3 % | 32.58 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 32.11 % | 31.99 % | 32.27 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 31.91 % | 31.85 % | 31.96 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near World
- 15 Melanesia 74.5 % compare
- 16 Finland 74.15 % compare
- 17 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 73.42 % compare
- 18 Niue 72.86 % compare
- 19 Brunei Darussalam 72.11 % compare
- 20 Timor-Leste 70.96 % compare
- 21 Bhutan 70.35 % compare
More environment data for World
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 23.5 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 22.34 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 354,701 1000 ha (2024)
- Inland waters — Area 443,046 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Area 1.59 million 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Area 1.39 million 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Area per capita 0.19 ha/cap (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Land area 12.2 % (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Agricultural land 34.18 % (2024)
- Agricultural land — Share in Land area 35.69 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is forest land — share in land area in World?
- Forest land — share in land area in World was 31.85 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest forest land — share in land area recorded in World?
- The highest recorded value was 33.31 % in 1990.
- What is the lowest forest land — share in land area recorded in World?
- The lowest recorded value was 31.85 % in 2024.
- How does World rank for forest land — share in land area?
- World ranks 18th out of 36 groups with data for 2024.
- Is forest land — share in land area rising or falling in World?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this World 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.