Forest area in Panama

Forests covered 62.2% of the land area of Panama in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest 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
Panama, 2024 62.2% % of land area
Change from 2023 0percentage points 2023: 62.3%
World, 2023 31.1% Official aggregate Not the same period as Panama (2024).
Position in 2024 26th of 209 See the full ranking

Forest area in Panama 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 PanamaWorld
2024 62.2% –
2023 62.3% 31.1%
2022 62.3% 31.1%
2021 62.4% 31.2%
2020 62.4% 31.2%
2019 62.5% 31.2%
2018 62.5% 31.3%
2017 62.6% 31.3%
2016 62.6% 31.3%
2015 62.7% 31.4%
2014 62.8% 31.4%
2013 62.7% 31.4%
2012 62.7% 31.5%
2011 62.8% 31.9%
2010 62.9% 31.9%
2009 63.1% 32.0%
2008 63.2% 32.0%
2007 63.4% 32.1%
2006 63.5% 32.1%
2005 63.7% 32.1%
2004 63.8% 32.2%
2003 64.0% 32.3%
2002 64.1% 32.3%
2001 64.3% 32.3%
2000 64.4% 32.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of 0 percentage points from 62.3% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 62.8%, the figure has changed by −0.5 percentage points.
  • Among the 209 countries with data for 2024, Panama has the 26th 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 Panama
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)