Naturally regenerating forest — Share in Forest land in Eastern Asia
Eastern Asia: Naturally regenerating forest — Share in Forest land was 61.98 % in 2025. ▼ Falling
Naturally regenerating forest — Share in Forest land in Eastern Asia, 1990–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Eastern Asia recorded 61.98 % for naturally regenerating forest — share in forest land in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 36 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.2% on the previous year and down 4.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, naturally regenerating forest — share in forest land in Eastern Asia peaked at 72.69 % in 1990 and was at its lowest, 61.98 %, in 2025.
That places Eastern Asia 32nd out of 32 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 36 years of available data.
Naturally regenerating forest — Share in Forest land in Eastern Asia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 72.69 % | — |
| 1991 | 72.42 % | -0.4% |
| 1992 | 72.16 % | -0.4% |
| 1993 | 71.9 % | -0.4% |
| 1994 | 71.65 % | -0.3% |
| 1995 | 71.4 % | -0.3% |
| 1996 | 71.16 % | -0.3% |
| 1997 | 70.92 % | -0.3% |
| 1998 | 70.69 % | -0.3% |
| 1999 | 70.45 % | -0.3% |
| 2000 | 70.23 % | -0.3% |
| 2001 | 69.72 % | -0.7% |
| 2002 | 69.23 % | -0.7% |
| 2003 | 68.75 % | -0.7% |
| 2004 | 68.27 % | -0.7% |
| 2005 | 67.81 % | -0.7% |
| 2006 | 67.35 % | -0.7% |
| 2007 | 66.9 % | -0.7% |
| 2008 | 66.46 % | -0.7% |
| 2009 | 66.03 % | -0.6% |
| 2010 | 65.61 % | -0.6% |
| 2011 | 65.42 % | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 65.24 % | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 65.05 % | -0.3% |
| 2014 | 64.88 % | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 64.7 % | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 64.25 % | -0.7% |
| 2017 | 63.81 % | -0.7% |
| 2018 | 63.38 % | -0.7% |
| 2019 | 62.95 % | -0.7% |
| 2020 | 62.53 % | -0.7% |
| 2021 | 62.42 % | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 62.31 % | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 62.2 % | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 62.09 % | -0.2% |
| 2025 | 61.98 % | -0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 71.54 % | 70.45 % | 72.69 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 68.08 % | 66.03 % | 70.23 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 64.53 % | 62.95 % | 65.61 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 62.26 % | 61.98 % | 62.53 % | 6 |
More environment data for Eastern Asia
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -2.3 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -2 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.309 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.98 °C (2025)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 137.56 million t (2024)
- Recovered paper — Production 98.06 million t (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Production 173.25 million t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Production 137.00 million t (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per area of cropland 68.03 kg/ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is naturally regenerating forest — share in forest land in Eastern Asia?
- Naturally regenerating forest — share in forest land in Eastern Asia was 61.98 % 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 Eastern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 72.69 % in 1990.
- What is the lowest naturally regenerating forest — share in forest land recorded in Eastern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 61.98 % in 2025.
- How does Eastern Asia rank for naturally regenerating forest — share in forest land?
- Eastern Asia ranks 32nd out of 32 groups with data for 2025.
- Is naturally regenerating forest — share in forest land rising or falling in Eastern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Eastern Asia 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.