Naturally regenerating forest — Area in Samoa
Samoa: Naturally regenerating forest — Area was 113.6 1000 ha in 2025. ▼ Falling
Naturally regenerating forest — Area in Samoa, 1990–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for naturally regenerating forest — area in Samoa is 113.6 1000 ha, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 36 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.3% on the previous year and down 3.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, naturally regenerating forest — area in Samoa peaked at 125.8 1000 ha in 1990 and was at its lowest, 113.6 1000 ha, in 2025.
Samoa ranks 164th of 222 countries 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 | 124.23 1000 ha | 122.67 1000 ha | 125.8 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 120.75 1000 ha | 119.19 1000 ha | 122.32 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 117.27 1000 ha | 115.7 1000 ha | 118.84 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 114.48 1000 ha | 113.6 1000 ha | 115.35 1000 ha | 6 |
Countries ranked near Samoa
- 161 Libya 133.46 1000 ha compare
- 162 Micronesia 130.56 1000 ha compare
- 163 Ireland 117.33 1000 ha compare
- 165 Bosnia and Herzegovina 112.61 1000 ha compare
- 166 Guadeloupe 75.1 1000 ha compare
- 167 Luxembourg 58.7 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Samoa
- Inland waters — Area 1 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 2.31 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 12.97 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 6.41 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 64.18 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 31.71 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 22.85 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 11.29 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Area per capita 0.2 ha/cap (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Land area 15.47 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is naturally regenerating forest — area in Samoa?
- Naturally regenerating forest — area in Samoa was 113.6 1000 ha in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest naturally regenerating forest — area recorded in Samoa?
- The highest recorded value was 125.8 1000 ha in 1990.
- What is the lowest naturally regenerating forest — area recorded in Samoa?
- The lowest recorded value was 113.6 1000 ha in 2025.
- How does Samoa rank for naturally regenerating forest — area?
- Samoa ranks 164th out of 222 countries with data for 2025.
- Is naturally regenerating forest — area rising or falling in Samoa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Samoa 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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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.