Forest area in Indonesia

Forests covered 50.7% of the land area of Indonesia in 2024.

Measure: Forest area as a share of land area Unit: % of land area Data: 1990 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Indonesia, 2024 50.7% % of land area
Change from 2023 0percentage points 2023: 50.6%
World, 2023 31.1% Official aggregate Not the same period as Indonesia (2024).
Median of G20 countries, 2024 32.8% Middle value of 19 countries
Position in 2024 57th of 209 See the full ranking

Forest area in Indonesia 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 IndonesiaWorld
2024 50.7% –
2023 50.6% 31.1%
2022 50.6% 31.1%
2021 50.5% 31.2%
2020 50.9% 31.2%
2019 50.8% 31.2%
2018 50.8% 31.3%
2017 50.7% 31.3%
2016 50.7% 31.3%
2015 50.6% 31.4%
2014 50.7% 31.4%
2013 50.9% 31.4%
2012 51.0% 31.5%
2011 51.2% 31.9%
2010 51.3% 31.9%
2009 51.1% 32.0%
2008 50.8% 32.0%
2007 50.6% 32.1%
2006 50.4% 32.1%
2005 50.1% 32.1%
2004 49.9% 32.2%
2003 49.7% 32.3%
2002 49.4% 32.3%
2001 49.2% 32.3%
2000 49.0% 32.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of 0 percentage points from 50.6% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 50.7%, the figure has changed by −0.1 percentage points.
  • Among the 209 countries with data for 2024, Indonesia has the 57th 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 Indonesia
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)