Planted Forest — Share in Forest land in Americas
Americas: Planted Forest — Share in Forest land was 4.13 % in 2025. ▲ Rising
Planted Forest — Share in Forest land in Americas, 1990–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for planted forest — share in forest land in Americas is 4.13 %, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.0% on the previous year and up 12.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, planted forest — share in forest land in Americas peaked at 4.13 % in 2025 and was at its lowest, 1.65 %, in 1990.
Americas ranks 20th of 35 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.98 % | 1.65 % | 2.32 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.78 % | 2.4 % | 3.17 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.59 % | 3.25 % | 3.87 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.02 % | 3.92 % | 4.13 % | 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 — share in forest land in Americas?
- Planted forest — share in forest land in Americas was 4.13 % in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest planted forest — share in forest land recorded in Americas?
- The highest recorded value was 4.13 % in 2025.
- What is the lowest planted forest — share in forest land recorded in Americas?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.65 % in 1990.
- How does Americas rank for planted forest — share in forest land?
- Americas ranks 20th out of 35 groups with data for 2025.
- Is planted forest — share in forest land rising or falling in Americas?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.8%. 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 — 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.