Forest area in Argentina

Forests covered 17.1% of the land area of Argentina in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1990.

Measure: Forest area as a share of land area Unit: % of land area Data: 1990 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Argentina, 2024 17.1% % of land area
Change from 2023 −0.1percentage points 2023: 17.2%
World, 2023 31.1% Official aggregate Not the same period as Argentina (2024).
Median of G20 countries, 2024 32.8% Middle value of 19 countries
Position in 2024 140th of 209 See the full ranking

Forest area in Argentina over time

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% of land area. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Forest area as a share of land area (% of land area), 2000 to 2024
Period ArgentinaWorld
2024 17.1% –
2023 17.2% 31.1%
2022 17.2% 31.1%
2021 17.3% 31.2%
2020 17.4% 31.2%
2019 17.4% 31.2%
2018 17.5% 31.3%
2017 17.6% 31.3%
2016 17.6% 31.3%
2015 17.7% 31.4%
2014 17.8% 31.4%
2013 17.9% 31.4%
2012 18.0% 31.5%
2011 18.1% 31.9%
2010 18.2% 31.9%
2009 18.3% 32.0%
2008 18.4% 32.0%
2007 18.6% 32.1%
2006 18.7% 32.1%
2005 18.8% 32.1%
2004 19.0% 32.2%
2003 19.1% 32.3%
2002 19.3% 32.3%
2001 19.4% 32.3%
2000 19.5% 32.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.1 percentage points from 17.2% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 17.8%, the figure has changed by −0.7 percentage points.
  • Among the 209 countries with data for 2024, Argentina has the 140th highest value.

Source and dates

Original producer
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
AG.LND.FRST.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1990 to 2024 for Argentina
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)