Forest area in Comoros

Forests covered 17.8% of the land area of Comoros in 2024.

Measure: Forest area as a share of land area Unit: % of land area Data: 1990 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Comoros, 2024 17.8% % of land area
Change from 2023 0percentage points 2023: 17.8%
World, 2023 31.1% Official aggregate Not the same period as Comoros (2024).
Position in 2024 136th of 209 See the full ranking

Forest area in Comoros 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 ComorosWorld
2024 17.8% –
2023 17.8% 31.1%
2022 17.8% 31.1%
2021 17.7% 31.2%
2020 17.7% 31.2%
2019 17.8% 31.2%
2018 18.0% 31.3%
2017 18.2% 31.3%
2016 18.4% 31.3%
2015 18.6% 31.4%
2014 18.9% 31.4%
2013 19.2% 31.4%
2012 19.5% 31.5%
2011 19.7% 31.9%
2010 20.0% 31.9%
2009 20.3% 32.0%
2008 20.6% 32.0%
2007 20.9% 32.1%
2006 21.2% 32.1%
2005 21.5% 32.1%
2004 21.8% 32.2%
2003 22.1% 32.3%
2002 22.4% 32.3%
2001 22.7% 32.3%
2000 23.0% 32.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of 0 percentage points from 17.8% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 18.9%, the figure has changed by −1.1 percentage points.
  • Among the 209 countries with data for 2024, Comoros has the 136th 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 Comoros
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)