Planted Forest — Share in Forest land in World
World: Planted Forest — Share in Forest land was 7.59 % in 2025. ▲ Rising
Planted Forest — Share in Forest land in World, 1990–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
World recorded 7.59 % 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 0.7% on the previous year and up 11.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, planted forest — share in forest land in World peaked at 7.59 % in 2025 and was at its lowest, 4.41 %, in 1990.
That places World 14th out of 35 groups with data for 2025, putting it 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 | 4.83 % | 4.41 % | 5.23 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 5.8 % | 5.31 % | 6.28 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 6.8 % | 6.39 % | 7.22 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.45 % | 7.31 % | 7.59 % | 6 |
Countries ranked near World
More environment data for World
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 23.5 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 22.34 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 354,701 1000 ha (2024)
- Inland waters — Area 443,046 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Area 1.59 million 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Area 1.39 million 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Area per capita 0.19 ha/cap (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Land area 12.2 % (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Agricultural land 34.18 % (2024)
- Agricultural land — Share in Land area 35.69 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is planted forest — share in forest land in World?
- Planted forest — share in forest land in World was 7.59 % in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest planted forest — share in forest land recorded in World?
- The highest recorded value was 7.59 % in 2025.
- What is the lowest planted forest — share in forest land recorded in World?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.41 % in 1990.
- How does World rank for planted forest — share in forest land?
- World ranks 14th out of 35 groups with data for 2025.
- Is planted forest — share in forest land rising or falling in World?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this World 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.