Forest area in Nicaragua
Forests covered 25.8% of the land area of Nicaragua in 2023. The value for 2023 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1990.
Nicaragua, 2023
25.8%
Change from 2022
−14.5percentage points
World, 2023
31.1%
Forest area in Nicaragua over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of land area. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Nicaragua | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 25.8% | 31.1% |
| 2022 | 40.3% | 31.1% |
| 2021 | 40.5% | 31.2% |
| 2020 | 40.6% | 31.2% |
| 2019 | 40.8% | 31.2% |
| 2018 | 41.0% | 31.3% |
| 2017 | 41.2% | 31.3% |
| 2016 | 41.4% | 31.3% |
| 2015 | 41.6% | 31.4% |
| 2014 | 41.7% | 31.4% |
| 2013 | 41.9% | 31.4% |
| 2012 | 42.1% | 31.5% |
| 2011 | 42.3% | 31.9% |
| 2010 | 42.5% | 31.9% |
| 2009 | 43.3% | 32.0% |
| 2008 | 44.1% | 32.0% |
| 2007 | 45.0% | 32.1% |
| 2006 | 45.8% | 32.1% |
| 2005 | 46.6% | 32.1% |
| 2004 | 47.4% | 32.2% |
| 2003 | 48.3% | 32.3% |
| 2002 | 49.1% | 32.3% |
| 2001 | 49.9% | 32.3% |
| 2000 | 50.7% | 32.4% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −14.5 percentage points from 40.3% in 2022.
- Since 2013, when it was 41.9%, the figure has changed by −16.1 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2023 was 31.1%.