Naturally regenerating forest — Share in Forest land in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: Naturally regenerating forest — Share in Forest land was 82.37 % in 2025. ▼ Falling
Naturally regenerating forest — Share in Forest land in Bangladesh, 1990–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2025, naturally regenerating forest — share in forest land in Bangladesh stood at 82.37 %. That is the lowest value across all 36 years on record.
The figure is down 1.1% on the previous year and down 10.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, naturally regenerating forest — share in forest land in Bangladesh peaked at 96.19 % in 2010 and was at its lowest, 82.37 %, in 2025.
Bangladesh ranks 144th of 202 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 | 95.75 % | 95.48 % | 96.02 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 96.14 % | 96.09 % | 96.18 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 92.06 % | 87.93 % | 96.19 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 84.69 % | 82.37 % | 87 % | 6 |
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More environment data for Bangladesh
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.236 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.67 °C (2025)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 65,000 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 50,341 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import quantity 67,238 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export value 5,837 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export quantity 4,797 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import value 548,226 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import quantity 784,452 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is naturally regenerating forest — share in forest land in Bangladesh?
- Naturally regenerating forest — share in forest land in Bangladesh was 82.37 % in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest naturally regenerating forest — share in forest land recorded in Bangladesh?
- The highest recorded value was 96.19 % in 2010.
- What is the lowest naturally regenerating forest — share in forest land recorded in Bangladesh?
- The lowest recorded value was 82.37 % in 2025.
- How does Bangladesh rank for naturally regenerating forest — share in forest land?
- Bangladesh ranks 144th out of 202 countries with data for 2025.
- Is naturally regenerating forest — share in forest land rising or falling in Bangladesh?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Bangladesh data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Naturally regenerating forest — Share in Forest land. 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.