Primary Forest — Area in Samoa
Samoa: Primary Forest — Area was 54.76 1000 ha in 2025. ▼ Falling
Primary Forest — Area in Samoa, 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 Samoa is 54.76 1000 ha, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 36 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.3% on the previous year and down 3.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, primary forest — area in Samoa peaked at 60.87 1000 ha in 1990 and was at its lowest, 54.76 1000 ha, in 2025.
Samoa ranks 75th of 169 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 36 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 60.08 1000 ha | 59.29 1000 ha | 60.87 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 58.32 1000 ha | 57.53 1000 ha | 59.11 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 56.57 1000 ha | 55.79 1000 ha | 57.35 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 55.19 1000 ha | 54.76 1000 ha | 55.62 1000 ha | 6 |
Countries ranked near Samoa
- 72 Burundi 64.78 1000 ha compare
- 73 Austria 63 1000 ha compare
- 74 Trinidad and Tobago 62.4 1000 ha compare
- 76 Estonia 54.03 1000 ha compare
- 77 Micronesia 53.99 1000 ha compare
- 78 Switzerland 42.86 1000 ha compare
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 primary forest — area in Samoa?
- Primary forest — area in Samoa was 54.76 1000 ha in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest primary forest — area recorded in Samoa?
- The highest recorded value was 60.87 1000 ha in 1990.
- What is the lowest primary forest — area recorded in Samoa?
- The lowest recorded value was 54.76 1000 ha in 2025.
- How does Samoa rank for primary forest — area?
- Samoa ranks 75th out of 169 countries with data for 2025.
- Is primary forest — area rising or falling in Samoa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Samoa 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.