Planted Forest — Share in Forest land in South America
South America: Planted Forest — Share in Forest land was 2.04 % in 2025. ▲ Rising
Planted Forest — Share in Forest land in South America, 1990–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
South America recorded 2.04 % for planted forest — share in forest land in 2025. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.5% on the previous year and up 5.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, planted forest — share in forest land in South America peaked at 2.04 % in 2025 and was at its lowest, 0.65 %, in 1990.
That places South America 27th out of 35 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom 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 | 0.761 % | 0.65 % | 0.88 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.19 % | 0.91 % | 1.47 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.82 % | 1.54 % | 1.97 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.01 % | 1.98 % | 2.04 % | 6 |
Countries ranked near South America
More environment data for South America
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Agricultural Use 9.97 million t (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per capita 23.13 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 22.86 g/Int$ (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per capita 22.89 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per area of cropland 68.69 kg/ha (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Import quantity 9.55 million t (2024)
- Land area — Area 1.75 million 1000 ha (2024)
- Country area — Area 1.78 million 1000 ha (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 22.62 g/Int$ (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Export quantity 720,788 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is planted forest — share in forest land in South America?
- Planted forest — share in forest land in South America was 2.04 % in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest planted forest — share in forest land recorded in South America?
- The highest recorded value was 2.04 % in 2025.
- What is the lowest planted forest — share in forest land recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.65 % in 1990.
- How does South America rank for planted forest — share in forest land?
- South America ranks 27th out of 35 groups with data for 2025.
- Is planted forest — share in forest land rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this South America 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.