Forest area in North Korea

Forests covered 64.1% of the land area of North Korea in 2024. The value for 2024 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 2024 Source: World Bank
North Korea, 2024 64.1% % of land area
Change from 2023 +0.1percentage points 2023: 64.0%
World, 2023 31.1% Official aggregate Not the same period as North Korea (2024).
Position in 2024 24th of 209 See the full ranking

Forest area in North Korea 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 North KoreaWorld
2024 64.1% –
2023 64.0% 31.1%
2022 63.9% 31.1%
2021 63.8% 31.2%
2020 63.7% 31.2%
2019 63.6% 31.2%
2018 63.5% 31.3%
2017 63.4% 31.3%
2016 63.3% 31.3%
2015 63.2% 31.4%
2014 63.1% 31.4%
2013 63.0% 31.4%
2012 63.0% 31.5%
2011 62.9% 31.9%
2010 62.8% 31.9%
2009 62.7% 32.0%
2008 62.6% 32.0%
2007 62.5% 32.1%
2006 62.4% 32.1%
2005 62.3% 32.1%
2004 62.3% 32.2%
2003 62.2% 32.3%
2002 62.1% 32.3%
2001 62.0% 32.3%
2000 61.9% 32.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.1 percentage points from 64.0% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 63.1%, the figure has changed by +0.9 percentage points.
  • Among the 209 countries with data for 2024, North Korea has the 24th 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
1990 to 2024 for North Korea
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)