Forest area in Bhutan
Forests covered 70.4% of the land area of Bhutan in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest since 2007.
Bhutan, 2024
70.4%
Change from 2023
−0.2percentage points
World, 2023
31.1%
Position in 2024
18th of 209
Forest area in Bhutan over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of land area. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Bhutan | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 70.4% | – |
| 2023 | 70.6% | 31.1% |
| 2022 | 70.8% | 31.1% |
| 2021 | 71.0% | 31.2% |
| 2020 | 71.2% | 31.2% |
| 2019 | 71.2% | 31.2% |
| 2018 | 71.2% | 31.3% |
| 2017 | 71.2% | 31.3% |
| 2016 | 71.2% | 31.3% |
| 2015 | 71.2% | 31.4% |
| 2014 | 71.2% | 31.4% |
| 2013 | 71.1% | 31.4% |
| 2012 | 71.1% | 31.5% |
| 2011 | 71.0% | 31.9% |
| 2010 | 71.0% | 31.9% |
| 2009 | 70.7% | 32.0% |
| 2008 | 70.5% | 32.0% |
| 2007 | 70.2% | 32.1% |
| 2006 | 69.9% | 32.1% |
| 2005 | 69.7% | 32.1% |
| 2004 | 69.4% | 32.2% |
| 2003 | 66.2% | 32.3% |
| 2002 | 66.0% | 32.3% |
| 2001 | 65.7% | 32.3% |
| 2000 | 65.5% | 32.4% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −0.2 percentage points from 70.6% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 71.2%, the figure has changed by −0.8 percentage points.
- Among the 209 countries with data for 2024, Bhutan has the 18th highest value.