Forest area in Colombia

Forests covered 53.7% of the land area of Colombia 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
Colombia, 2024 53.7% % of land area
Change from 2023 −0.1percentage points 2023: 53.8%
World, 2023 31.1% Official aggregate Not the same period as Colombia (2024).
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2024 34.3% Middle value of 38 countries
Position in 2024 45th of 209 See the full ranking

Forest area in Colombia 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 ColombiaWorld
2024 53.7% –
2023 53.8% 31.1%
2022 53.9% 31.1%
2021 54.1% 31.2%
2020 54.2% 31.2%
2019 54.3% 31.2%
2018 54.5% 31.3%
2017 54.6% 31.3%
2016 54.8% 31.3%
2015 54.9% 31.4%
2014 55.0% 31.4%
2013 55.1% 31.4%
2012 55.2% 31.5%
2011 55.3% 31.9%
2010 55.4% 31.9%
2009 55.5% 32.0%
2008 55.6% 32.0%
2007 55.7% 32.1%
2006 55.8% 32.1%
2005 55.9% 32.1%
2004 56.0% 32.2%
2003 56.1% 32.3%
2002 56.2% 32.3%
2001 56.3% 32.3%
2000 56.4% 32.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.1 percentage points from 53.8% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 55.0%, the figure has changed by −1.3 percentage points.
  • Among the 209 countries with data for 2024, Colombia has the 45th 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 Colombia
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)