Naturally regenerating forest — Area in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)
Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs): Naturally regenerating forest — Area was 459,978 1000 ha in 2025. ▼ Falling
Naturally regenerating forest — Area in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs), 1990–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) recorded 459,978 1000 ha for naturally regenerating forest — area in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 36 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.5% on the previous year and down 4.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, naturally regenerating forest — area in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) peaked at 555,550 1000 ha in 1990 and was at its lowest, 459,978 1000 ha, in 2025.
Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) ranks 11th of 31 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 36 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 544,625 1000 ha | 532,125 1000 ha | 555,550 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 516,334 1000 ha | 503,437 1000 ha | 529,230 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 486,165 1000 ha | 473,581 1000 ha | 500,571 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 465,533 1000 ha | 459,978 1000 ha | 471,089 1000 ha | 6 |
Countries ranked near Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)
More environment data for Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Temperature change 1.36 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.238 °C (2025)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Value US$ 299,875 million USD (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Agricultural Use 2.89 million t (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Export quantity 316,092 t (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Import quantity 1.96 million t (2024)
- Agricultural land — Area 863,406 1000 ha (2024)
- Agricultural land — Share in Land area 43 % (2024)
- Cropland — Area 224,322 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is naturally regenerating forest — area in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- Naturally regenerating forest — area in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) was 459,978 1000 ha in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest naturally regenerating forest — area recorded in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 555,550 1000 ha in 1990.
- What is the lowest naturally regenerating forest — area recorded in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 459,978 1000 ha in 2025.
- How does Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) rank for naturally regenerating forest — area?
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) ranks 11th out of 31 groups with data for 2025.
- Is naturally regenerating forest — area rising or falling in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Naturally regenerating forest — Area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.