Share of global forest area in Nepal
Nepal: Share of global forest area was 0.2% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Share of global forest area in Nepal, 1990–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for share of global forest area in Nepal is 0.2%, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
The figure is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 3.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of global forest area in Nepal peaked at 0.2% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 0.1%, in 1990.
That places Nepal 69th out of 235 countries 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 | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Nepal
More environment data for Nepal
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 41.47 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 1.4 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 15.2 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 3.21 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 0.0608 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0611 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 20.59 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0256 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 2.05 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of global forest area in Nepal?
- Share of global forest area in Nepal was 0.2% 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 Nepal?
- The highest recorded value was 0.2% in 2025.
- What is the lowest share of global forest area recorded in Nepal?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1% in 1990.
- How does Nepal rank for share of global forest area?
- Nepal ranks 69th out of 235 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of global forest area rising or falling in Nepal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Nepal 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.