Naturally regenerating forest — Share in Forest land in World
World: Naturally regenerating forest — Share in Forest land was 92.36 % in 2025. ▬ Flat
Naturally regenerating forest — Share in Forest land in World, 1990–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for naturally regenerating forest — share in forest land in World is 92.36 %, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 36 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and down 0.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, naturally regenerating forest — share in forest land in World peaked at 95.57 % in 1990 and was at its lowest, 92.36 %, in 2025.
World ranks 23rd of 36 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 95.13 % | 94.73 % | 95.57 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 94.16 % | 93.67 % | 94.65 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 93.16 % | 92.73 % | 93.56 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 92.5 % | 92.36 % | 92.64 % | 6 |
More environment data for World
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 23.5 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 22.34 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 354,701 1000 ha (2024)
- Inland waters — Area 443,046 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Area 1.59 million 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Area 1.39 million 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Area per capita 0.19 ha/cap (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Land area 12.2 % (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Agricultural land 34.18 % (2024)
- Agricultural land — Share in Land area 35.69 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is naturally regenerating forest — share in forest land in World?
- Naturally regenerating forest — share in forest land in World was 92.36 % 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 World?
- The highest recorded value was 95.57 % in 1990.
- What is the lowest naturally regenerating forest — share in forest land recorded in World?
- The lowest recorded value was 92.36 % in 2025.
- How does World rank for naturally regenerating forest — share in forest land?
- World ranks 23rd out of 36 groups with data for 2025.
- Is naturally regenerating forest — share in forest land rising or falling in World?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this World 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.