Forest area in Bangladesh

Forests covered 14.4% of the land area of Bangladesh 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
Bangladesh, 2024 14.4% % of land area
Change from 2023 0percentage points 2023: 14.4%
World, 2023 31.1% Official aggregate Not the same period as Bangladesh (2024).
Position in 2024 146th of 209 See the full ranking

Forest area in Bangladesh 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 BangladeshWorld
2024 14.4% –
2023 14.4% 31.1%
2022 14.4% 31.1%
2021 14.4% 31.2%
2020 14.4% 31.2%
2019 14.4% 31.2%
2018 14.4% 31.3%
2017 14.5% 31.3%
2016 14.5% 31.3%
2015 14.5% 31.4%
2014 14.5% 31.4%
2013 14.5% 31.4%
2012 14.5% 31.5%
2011 14.5% 31.9%
2010 14.5% 31.9%
2009 14.5% 32.0%
2008 14.6% 32.0%
2007 14.6% 32.1%
2006 14.6% 32.1%
2005 14.6% 32.1%
2004 14.7% 32.2%
2003 14.7% 32.3%
2002 14.7% 32.3%
2001 14.7% 32.3%
2000 14.8% 32.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of 0 percentage points from 14.4% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 14.5%, the figure has changed by −0.1 percentage points.
  • Among the 209 countries with data for 2024, Bangladesh has the 146th 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 Bangladesh
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)