Land use hidden — Forest in Indonesia

Indonesia: Land use hidden — Forest was 903,166 Square kilometres in 2023. ▼ Falling

Latest (2023)
903,166 Square kilometres
Change on year
down 0.7%
World rank
8th
of 199 countries
All-time high
1.19 million Square kilometres
in 1990
All-time low
903,166 Square kilometres
in 2023
Years of data
34
1990–2023

Land use hidden — Forest in Indonesia, 1990–2023

0250.0k500.0k750.0k1.0M1.2M1990200620231990: 1.2M Square kilometres1991: 1.2M Square kilometres1992: 1.2M Square kilometres1993: 1.1M Square kilometres1994: 1.1M Square kilometres1995: 1.1M Square kilometres1996: 1.1M Square kilometres1997: 1.1M Square kilometres1998: 1.0M Square kilometres1999: 1.0M Square kilometres2000: 1.0M Square kilometres2001: 1.0M Square kilometres2002: 1.0M Square kilometres2003: 1.0M Square kilometres2004: 1.0M Square kilometres2005: 1.0M Square kilometres2006: 1.0M Square kilometres2007: 1.0M Square kilometres2008: 999.8k Square kilometres2009: 998.2k Square kilometres2010: 996.6k Square kilometres2011: 987.3k Square kilometres2012: 978.1k Square kilometres2013: 968.8k Square kilometres2014: 959.5k Square kilometres2015: 950.3k Square kilometres2016: 952.7k Square kilometres2017: 939.5k Square kilometres2018: 933.4k Square kilometres2019: 927.4k Square kilometres2020: 921.3k Square kilometres2021: 915.3k Square kilometres2022: 909.2k Square kilometres2023: 903.2k Square kilometres

Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Square kilometres.

Analysis

The most recent figure for land use hidden — forest in Indonesia is 903,166 Square kilometres, measured in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 34 years on record.

The figure is down 0.7% on the previous year and down 6.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, land use hidden — forest in Indonesia peaked at 1.19 million Square kilometres in 1990 and was at its lowest, 903,166 Square kilometres, in 2023.

Indonesia ranks 8th of 199 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

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

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 1.11 million Square kilometres 1.03 million Square kilometres 1.19 million Square kilometres 10
2000s 1.01 million Square kilometres 998,213 Square kilometres 1.01 million Square kilometres 10
2010s 959,366 Square kilometres 927,387 Square kilometres 996,592 Square kilometres 10
2020s 912,249 Square kilometres 903,166 Square kilometres 921,332 Square kilometres 4

Countries ranked near Indonesia

  1. 5 United States 3.10 million Square kilometres compare
  2. 6 China 2.26 million Square kilometres compare
  3. 7 Australia 1.34 million Square kilometres compare
  4. 9 India 729,592 Square kilometres compare
  5. 10 Peru 718,119 Square kilometres compare
  6. 11 Mexico 653,088 Square kilometres compare

See the full ranking of 227 places →

More environment data for Indonesia

All data for Indonesia →

Frequently asked questions

What is land use hidden — forest in Indonesia?
Land use hidden — forest in Indonesia was 903,166 Square kilometres in 2023, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
What is the highest land use hidden — forest recorded in Indonesia?
The highest recorded value was 1.19 million Square kilometres in 1990.
What is the lowest land use hidden — forest recorded in Indonesia?
The lowest recorded value was 903,166 Square kilometres in 2023.
How does Indonesia rank for land use hidden — forest?
Indonesia ranks 8th out of 199 countries with data for 2023.
Is land use hidden — forest rising or falling in Indonesia?
Over the last ten years it is down 6.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Indonesia data come from?
The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Land use hidden — Forest. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 34 observations, free to reuse under OECD Terms and Conditions (attribution required).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Land use hidden — Forest in Indonesia. Statizoid, drawing on Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Retrieved 20 August 2026, from https://environment.statizoid.com/stat/land-use-hidden-forest/indonesia/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under OECD Terms and Conditions (attribution required); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://environment.statizoid.com/stat/land-use-hidden-forest/indonesia/">Land use hidden — Forest in Indonesia</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Land use hidden — Forest
Unit
Square kilometres
Source
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Licence
OECD Terms and Conditions (attribution required)
Coverage
227 places, 7,590 data points, 1990–2023
Last refreshed

Land resources are one of the four components of the natural environment: water, air, land and living resources. In this context land is both: a physical "milieu" necessary for the development of natural vegetation as well as cultivated vegetation; a resource for human activities. The data presented here give information concerning land use state and changes (e.g. agricultural land, forest land). Data source(s): Food and Agriculture Organization of the U.N., (FAOSTAT) Contact: ENV.Stat@oecd.org Dataset release date: June 3, 2024 Database documentation Countries metadata