Forest area in Chile

Forests covered 24.5% of the land area of Chile in 2024.

Measure: Forest area as a share of land area Unit: % of land area Data: 1990 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Chile, 2024 24.5% % of land area
Change from 2023 0percentage points 2023: 24.5%
World, 2023 31.1% Official aggregate Not the same period as Chile (2024).
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2024 34.3% Middle value of 38 countries
Position in 2024 119th of 209 See the full ranking

Forest area in Chile 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 ChileWorld
2024 24.5% –
2023 24.5% 31.1%
2022 24.5% 31.1%
2021 24.5% 31.2%
2020 24.5% 31.2%
2019 24.5% 31.2%
2018 24.5% 31.3%
2017 24.5% 31.3%
2016 24.5% 31.3%
2015 24.6% 31.4%
2014 24.5% 31.4%
2013 24.4% 31.4%
2012 24.4% 31.5%
2011 24.3% 31.9%
2010 24.3% 31.9%
2009 24.2% 32.0%
2008 24.1% 32.0%
2007 24.0% 32.1%
2006 23.9% 32.1%
2005 23.8% 32.1%
2004 23.8% 32.2%
2003 23.7% 32.3%
2002 23.6% 32.3%
2001 23.5% 32.3%
2000 23.4% 32.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of 0 percentage points from 24.5% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 24.5%, the figure has changed by 0 percentage points.
  • Among the 209 countries with data for 2024, Chile has the 119th 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 Chile
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)