Planted Forest — Share in Forest land in Samoa
Samoa: Planted Forest — Share in Forest land was 28.91 % in 2025. ▬ Flat
Planted Forest — Share in Forest land in Samoa, 1990–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Samoa recorded 28.91 % for planted forest — share in forest land in 2025. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, planted forest — share in forest land in Samoa peaked at 28.91 % in 2025 and was at its lowest, 28.76 %, in 1990.
That places Samoa 50th out of 207 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
Planted Forest — Share in Forest land in Samoa, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 28.76 % | — |
| 1991 | 28.76 % | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 28.76 % | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 28.77 % | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 28.77 % | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 28.77 % | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 28.78 % | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 28.78 % | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 28.78 % | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 28.79 % | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 28.79 % | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 28.79 % | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 28.79 % | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 28.8 % | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 28.8 % | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 28.8 % | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 28.81 % | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 28.81 % | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 28.81 % | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 28.82 % | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 28.82 % | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 28.83 % | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 28.83 % | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 28.83 % | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 28.84 % | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 28.84 % | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 28.85 % | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 28.85 % | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 28.86 % | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 28.87 % | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 28.87 % | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 28.88 % | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 28.89 % | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 28.89 % | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 28.9 % | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 28.91 % | +0.0% |
Samoa compared with similar countries
- Samoa's 28.91 % is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 8.72 %, 3.3× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Samoa's 28.91 % is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 6.33 %, 4.6× the median. (25 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 28.77 % | 28.76 % | 28.79 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 28.8 % | 28.79 % | 28.82 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 28.84 % | 28.82 % | 28.87 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 28.89 % | 28.87 % | 28.91 % | 6 |
Countries ranked near Samoa
More environment data for Samoa
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 0.3482 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 0.3183 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.23 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.919 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 2.68 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate -2.51 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is planted forest — share in forest land in Samoa?
- Planted forest — share in forest land in Samoa was 28.91 % in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest planted forest — share in forest land recorded in Samoa?
- The highest recorded value was 28.91 % in 2025.
- What is the lowest planted forest — share in forest land recorded in Samoa?
- The lowest recorded value was 28.76 % in 1990.
- How does Samoa rank for planted forest — share in forest land?
- Samoa ranks 50th out of 207 countries with data for 2025.
- Is planted forest — share in forest land rising or falling in Samoa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Samoa 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.