Planted Forest — Area in Americas
Americas: Planted Forest — Area was 67,144 1000 ha in 2025. ▲ Rising
Planted Forest — Area in Americas, 1990–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Americas recorded 67,144 1000 ha for planted forest — area in 2025. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.8% on the previous year and up 9.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, planted forest — area in Americas peaked at 67,144 1000 ha in 2025 and was at its lowest, 29,787 1000 ha, in 1990.
Americas ranks 5th of 35 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 34,978 1000 ha | 29,787 1000 ha | 40,169 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 47,349 1000 ha | 41,322 1000 ha | 53,375 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 59,899 1000 ha | 54,715 1000 ha | 63,904 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 65,871 1000 ha | 64,597 1000 ha | 67,144 1000 ha | 6 |
Countries ranked near Americas
More environment data for Americas
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per area of cropland 70.73 kg/ha (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 16.06 g/Int$ (2024)
- Country area — Area 4.65 million 1000 ha (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 27.37 g/Int$ (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per capita 25.42 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Export quantity 4.14 million t (2024)
- Agriculture — Area 1.12 million 1000 ha (2024)
- Land area — Area 3.85 million 1000 ha (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per capita 14.92 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Agricultural Use 26.66 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is planted forest — area in Americas?
- Planted forest — area in Americas was 67,144 1000 ha in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest planted forest — area recorded in Americas?
- The highest recorded value was 67,144 1000 ha in 2025.
- What is the lowest planted forest — area recorded in Americas?
- The lowest recorded value was 29,787 1000 ha in 1990.
- How does Americas rank for planted forest — area?
- Americas ranks 5th out of 35 groups with data for 2025.
- Is planted forest — area rising or falling in Americas?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Americas data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Planted 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.