Share of global forest area in Peru
Peru: Share of global forest area was 1.6% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Share of global forest area in Peru, 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 Peru is 1.6%, 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 2.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of global forest area in Peru peaked at 1.8% in 1990 and was at its lowest, 1.6%, in 2025.
That places Peru 10th out of 235 countries with data for 2025, putting it 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 | 1.8% | 1.8% | 1.8% | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.7% | 1.7% | 1.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.7% | 1.7% | 1.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.6% | 1.6% | 1.6% | 6 |
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More environment data for Peru
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 103.81 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 3.03 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 14.34 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.8482 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 2.82 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0311 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 25.85 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0323 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.1323 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 7.64 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of global forest area in Peru?
- Share of global forest area in Peru was 1.6% 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 Peru?
- The highest recorded value was 1.8% in 1990.
- What is the lowest share of global forest area recorded in Peru?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.6% in 2025.
- How does Peru rank for share of global forest area?
- Peru ranks 10th out of 235 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of global forest area rising or falling in Peru?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Peru 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.