Forest area in East Asia and Pacific

Forests covered 27.3% of the land area of East Asia and Pacific in 2023. The value for 2023 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1990.

Measure: Forest area as a share of land area Unit: % of land area Data: 1990 to 2023 Source: World Bank
East Asia and Pacific is a group: World Bank region. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
East Asia and Pacific, 2023 27.3% % of land area
Change from 2022 0percentage points 2022: 27.2%
World, 2023 31.1% Official aggregate

Forest area in East Asia and Pacific 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 2023
Period East Asia and PacificWorld
2023 27.3% 31.1%
2022 27.2% 31.1%
2021 27.2% 31.2%
2020 27.2% 31.2%
2019 27.1% 31.2%
2018 27.1% 31.3%
2017 27.1% 31.3%
2016 27.1% 31.3%
2015 27.0% 31.4%
2014 26.9% 31.4%
2013 26.9% 31.4%
2012 26.8% 31.5%
2011 26.8% 31.9%
2010 26.7% 31.9%
2009 26.7% 32.0%
2008 26.6% 32.0%
2007 26.5% 32.1%
2006 26.4% 32.1%
2005 26.4% 32.1%
2004 26.3% 32.2%
2003 26.2% 32.3%
2002 26.2% 32.3%
2001 26.1% 32.3%
2000 26.0% 32.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of 0 percentage points from 27.2% in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 26.9%, the figure has changed by +0.4 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2023 was 31.1%.

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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 2023 for East Asia and Pacific
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)