Forest area in Bolivia

Forests covered 50.2% of the land area of Bolivia 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
Bolivia, 2024 50.2% % of land area
Change from 2023 −0.2percentage points 2023: 50.4%
World, 2023 31.1% Official aggregate Not the same period as Bolivia (2024).
Position in 2024 58th of 209 See the full ranking

Forest area in Bolivia 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 BoliviaWorld
2024 50.2% –
2023 50.4% 31.1%
2022 50.6% 31.1%
2021 50.9% 31.2%
2020 51.3% 31.2%
2019 51.5% 31.2%
2018 51.7% 31.3%
2017 51.9% 31.3%
2016 52.1% 31.3%
2015 52.3% 31.4%
2014 52.5% 31.4%
2013 52.6% 31.4%
2012 52.8% 31.5%
2011 52.9% 31.9%
2010 53.1% 31.9%
2009 53.2% 32.0%
2008 53.4% 32.0%
2007 53.5% 32.1%
2006 53.7% 32.1%
2005 53.8% 32.1%
2004 54.0% 32.2%
2003 54.1% 32.3%
2002 54.2% 32.3%
2001 54.4% 32.3%
2000 54.5% 32.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.2 percentage points from 50.4% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 52.5%, the figure has changed by −2.3 percentage points.
  • Among the 209 countries with data for 2024, Bolivia has the 58th 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 Bolivia
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)