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 47th out of 191 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
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 |
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More environment data for Samoa
- Inland waters — Area 1 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 2.31 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 12.97 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 6.41 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 64.18 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 31.71 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 22.85 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 11.29 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Area per capita 0.2 ha/cap (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Land area 15.47 % (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 47th out of 191 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.