Primary Forest — Area in Americas
Americas: Primary Forest — Area was 578,171 1000 ha in 2025. ▼ Falling
Primary Forest — Area in Americas, 1990–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for primary forest — area in Americas is 578,171 1000 ha, measured in 2025.
The figure is up 8.1% on the previous year and up 5.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, primary forest — area in Americas peaked at 608,307 1000 ha in 1990 and was at its lowest, 534,675 1000 ha, in 2024.
Americas ranks 2nd of 35 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 36 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 600,033 1000 ha | 591,759 1000 ha | 608,307 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 575,703 1000 ha | 561,486 1000 ha | 589,920 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 548,923 1000 ha | 540,473 1000 ha | 558,326 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 543,624 1000 ha | 534,675 1000 ha | 578,171 1000 ha | 6 |
Countries ranked near Americas
- 1 OECD 310,239 1000 ha compare
- 2 Russian Federation 306,645 1000 ha compare
- 3 Brazil 224,502 1000 ha compare
- 4 Canada 200,316 1000 ha compare
- 5 Democratic Republic of the Congo 100,216 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Americas
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity 19.01 million t (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Import quantity 9.07 million t (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Agricultural Use 13.16 million t (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per area of cropland 34.89 kg/ha (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per capita 12.55 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per value of agricultural 13.51 g/Int$ (2024)
- Value Added Deflator (Agriculture, forestry and fishery) — Value US$ 127.58 USD (2024)
- Country area — Area 4.65 million 1000 ha (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 16.06 g/Int$ (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 27.37 g/Int$ (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is primary forest — area in Americas?
- Primary forest — area in Americas was 578,171 1000 ha in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest primary forest — area recorded in Americas?
- The highest recorded value was 608,307 1000 ha in 1990.
- What is the lowest primary forest — area recorded in Americas?
- The lowest recorded value was 534,675 1000 ha in 2024.
- How does Americas rank for primary forest — area?
- Americas ranks 2nd out of 35 groups with data for 2025.
- Is primary forest — area rising or falling in Americas?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Americas data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Primary Forest — Area. 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.