Forest area in Marshall Islands

Forests covered 53.6% of the land area of Marshall Islands in 2024.

Measure: Forest area as a share of land area Unit: % of land area Data: 1991 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Marshall Islands, 2024 53.6% % of land area
Change from 2023 0percentage points 2023: 53.6%
World, 2023 31.1% Official aggregate Not the same period as Marshall Islands (2024).
Position in 2024 46th of 209 See the full ranking

Forest area in Marshall Islands 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 Marshall IslandsWorld
2024 53.6% –
2023 53.6% 31.1%
2022 53.9% 31.1%
2021 53.9% 31.2%
2020 53.9% 31.2%
2019 53.6% 31.2%
2018 53.3% 31.3%
2017 52.9% 31.3%
2016 52.6% 31.3%
2015 52.2% 31.4%
2014 52.2% 31.4%
2013 52.2% 31.4%
2012 52.2% 31.5%
2011 52.2% 31.9%
2010 52.2% 31.9%
2009 52.2% 32.0%
2008 52.2% 32.0%
2007 52.2% 32.1%
2006 52.2% 32.1%
2005 52.2% 32.1%
2004 52.2% 32.2%
2003 52.2% 32.3%
2002 52.2% 32.3%
2001 52.2% 32.3%
2000 52.2% 32.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is unchanged from 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 52.2%, the figure has changed by +1.4 percentage points.
  • Among the 209 countries with data for 2024, Marshall Islands has the 46th highest value.

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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
1991 to 2024 for Marshall Islands
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)