Share of global forest area in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Share of global forest area was 0.1% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Share of global forest area in Sri Lanka, 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 Sri Lanka is 0.1%, measured in 2025.
The figure is down 0.1% on the previous year and up 2.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of global forest area in Sri Lanka peaked at 0.1% in 1990 and was at its lowest, 0.1%, in 2015.
Sri Lanka ranks 107th of 235 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 | 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% | 0.1% | 6 |
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- 104 Dominican Republic 0.1% compare
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- 108 Guinea-Bissau 0.1% compare
- 109 Hungary 0.1% compare
- 110 Malawi 0.0% compare
More environment data for Sri Lanka
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 37.17 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 1.7 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 5.57 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.6851 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 0.0046 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0737 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 11.12 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0059 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0632 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 4.72 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of global forest area in Sri Lanka?
- Share of global forest area in Sri Lanka was 0.1% 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 Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 0.1% in 1990.
- What is the lowest share of global forest area recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1% in 2015.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for share of global forest area?
- Sri Lanka ranks 107th out of 235 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of global forest area rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Sri Lanka 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.