Forest area in Palau
Forests covered 90.8% of the land area of Palau in 2024.
Palau, 2024
90.8%
Change from 2023
0percentage points
World, 2023
31.1%
Position in 2024
4th of 209
Forest area in Palau 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 | Palau | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 90.8% | – |
| 2023 | 90.8% | 31.1% |
| 2022 | 90.6% | 31.1% |
| 2021 | 90.4% | 31.2% |
| 2020 | 90.2% | 31.2% |
| 2019 | 89.8% | 31.2% |
| 2018 | 89.7% | 31.3% |
| 2017 | 89.5% | 31.3% |
| 2016 | 89.3% | 31.3% |
| 2015 | 89.1% | 31.4% |
| 2014 | 88.9% | 31.4% |
| 2013 | 88.7% | 31.4% |
| 2012 | 88.5% | 31.5% |
| 2011 | 88.4% | 31.9% |
| 2010 | 88.2% | 31.9% |
| 2009 | 88.0% | 32.0% |
| 2008 | 87.7% | 32.0% |
| 2007 | 87.5% | 32.1% |
| 2006 | 87.3% | 32.1% |
| 2005 | 87.1% | 32.1% |
| 2004 | 86.9% | 32.2% |
| 2003 | 86.7% | 32.3% |
| 2002 | 86.5% | 32.3% |
| 2001 | 86.3% | 32.3% |
| 2000 | 86.0% | 32.4% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of 0 percentage points from 90.8% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 88.9%, the figure has changed by +1.9 percentage points.
- Among the 209 countries with data for 2024, Palau has the 4th highest value.