Forest area in Brunei

Forests covered 72.1% of the land area of Brunei in 2024.

Measure: Forest area as a share of land area Unit: % of land area Data: 1990 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Brunei, 2024 72.1% % of land area
Change from 2023 0percentage points 2023: 72.1%
World, 2023 31.1% Official aggregate Not the same period as Brunei (2024).
Position in 2024 16th of 209 See the full ranking

Forest area in Brunei 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 BruneiWorld
2024 72.1% –
2023 72.1% 31.1%
2022 72.1% 31.1%
2021 72.1% 31.2%
2020 72.1% 31.2%
2019 72.1% 31.2%
2018 72.1% 31.3%
2017 72.1% 31.3%
2016 72.1% 31.3%
2015 72.1% 31.4%
2014 72.1% 31.4%
2013 72.1% 31.4%
2012 72.1% 31.5%
2011 72.1% 31.9%
2010 72.1% 31.9%
2009 72.4% 32.0%
2008 72.8% 32.0%
2007 73.1% 32.1%
2006 73.4% 32.1%
2005 73.7% 32.1%
2004 74.0% 32.2%
2003 74.4% 32.3%
2002 74.7% 32.3%
2001 75.0% 32.3%
2000 75.3% 32.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is unchanged from 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 72.1%, the figure has changed by 0 percentage points.
  • Among the 209 countries with data for 2024, Brunei has the 16th 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 Brunei
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)