Share of forest area within protected areas in Northern Mariana Islands
Northern Mariana Islands: Share of forest area within protected areas was 0.1% in 2025. ▬ Flat
Share of forest area within protected areas in Northern Mariana Islands, 1990–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for share of forest area within protected areas in Northern Mariana Islands is 0.1%, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of forest area within protected areas in Northern Mariana Islands peaked at 0.1% in 1990 and was at its lowest, 0.1%, in 1990.
That places Northern Mariana Islands 189th out of 197 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Share of forest area within protected areas in Northern Mariana Islands, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.1% | — |
| 2000 | 0.1% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.1% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.1% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.1% | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 0.1% | +0.0% |
Northern Mariana Islands compared with similar countries
- Northern Mariana Islands's 0.1% is below the median for high income countries, which is 16.0%, 1% of the median. (69 countries reporting)
- Northern Mariana Islands's 0.1% is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 16.2%, 1% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 1 |
| 2010s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 2 |
| 2020s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Northern Mariana Islands
- 186 Vanuatu 0.3% compare
- 187 Mauritania 0.3% compare
- 188 Anguilla 0.2% compare
- 190 Comoros 0.0%
- 190 Greenland 0.0%
- 190 Guernsey 0.0%
- 190 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.0%
- 190 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 0.0%
- 190 Oman 0.0%
- 190 Saint Barthelemy 0.0%
- 190 Wallis and Futuna 0.0%
More environment data for Northern Mariana Islands
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 10.19 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 8.23 Percentage change (2025)
- Sawnwood, non-coniferous — Export quantity 0 m3 (2024)
- Sawnwood, non-coniferous — Import quantity 24 m3 (2024)
- Sawnwood, non-coniferous — Import value 18 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import quantity, per capita 0.0005 t per person (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import value, annual growth rate 36.36 % change on previous year (2024)
- Veneer sheets — Import quantity 0 m3 (2024)
- Sawnwood, non-coniferous — Production 0 m3 (2024)
- Sawnwood, non-coniferous — Export value 0 1000 USD (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of forest area within protected areas in Northern Mariana Islands?
- Share of forest area within protected areas in Northern Mariana Islands was 0.1% in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of forest area within protected areas recorded in Northern Mariana Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 0.1% in 1990.
- What is the lowest share of forest area within protected areas recorded in Northern Mariana Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1% in 1990.
- How does Northern Mariana Islands rank for share of forest area within protected areas?
- Northern Mariana Islands ranks 189th out of 197 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of forest area within protected areas rising or falling in Northern Mariana Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Northern Mariana Islands data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of forest area within protected areas. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Proportion of forest area within legally established protected areas (%).