Share of global forest area in Marshall Islands
Marshall Islands: Share of global forest area was 0.0% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Share of global forest area in Marshall Islands, 1990–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Marshall Islands recorded 0.0% for share of global forest area in 2025. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 4.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of global forest area in Marshall Islands peaked at 0.0% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 1990.
That places Marshall Islands 195th out of 235 countries 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.
Share of global forest area in Marshall Islands, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.0% | — |
| 1991 | 0.0% | +0.2% |
| 1992 | 0.0% | +0.2% |
| 1993 | 0.0% | +0.2% |
| 1994 | 0.0% | +0.2% |
| 1995 | 0.0% | +0.2% |
| 1996 | 0.0% | +0.3% |
| 1997 | 0.0% | +0.3% |
| 1998 | 0.0% | +0.3% |
| 1999 | 0.0% | +0.3% |
| 2000 | 0.0% | +0.3% |
| 2001 | 0.0% | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 0.0% | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 0.0% | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 0.0% | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 0.0% | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 0.0% | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 0.0% | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 0.0% | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 0.0% | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 0.0% | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 0.0% | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 0.0% | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 0.0% | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 0.0% | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 0.0% | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 0.0% | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 0.0% | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 0.0% | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 0.0% | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 0.0% | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 0.0% | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 0.0% | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 0.0% | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 0.0% | +0.1% |
| 2025 | 0.0% | +0.1% |
Marshall Islands compared with similar countries
- Marshall Islands's 0.0% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.1%, 0% of the median. (58 countries reporting)
- Marshall Islands's 0.0% is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.0%, 1% of the median. (35 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Marshall Islands
- 192 Wallis and Futuna 0.0% compare
- 193 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.0% compare
- 194 British Virgin Islands 0.0% compare
- 196 Mayotte 0.0% compare
- 197 Tonga 0.0% compare
- 198 Antigua and Barbuda 0.0% compare
More environment data for Marshall Islands
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.212 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.507 °C (2025)
- Roundwood — Export quantity 0 m3 (2024)
- Roundwood — Import quantity 43 m3 (2024)
- Roundwood — Import value 13 1000 USD (2024)
- Wood-based panels — Import value 987 1000 USD (2024)
- Printing and writing papers — Import quantity 79 t (2024)
- Printing and writing papers — Import value 141 1000 USD (2024)
- Primary wood and paper products (export/import) — Export value 110 1000 USD (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of global forest area in Marshall Islands?
- Share of global forest area in Marshall Islands was 0.0% in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of global forest area recorded in Marshall Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0% in 2025.
- What is the lowest share of global forest area recorded in Marshall Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 1990.
- How does Marshall Islands rank for share of global forest area?
- Marshall Islands ranks 195th out of 235 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of global forest area rising or falling in Marshall Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Marshall Islands data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of global forest area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Share of global forest area represents the proportion of a country's forest area relative to the total global forest area.