Forest area in Paraguay

Forests covered 36.5% of the land area of Paraguay 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
Paraguay, 2024 36.5% % of land area
Change from 2023 −0.4percentage points 2023: 36.9%
World, 2023 31.1% Official aggregate Not the same period as Paraguay (2024).
Position in 2024 91st of 209 See the full ranking

Forest area in Paraguay 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 ParaguayWorld
2024 36.5% –
2023 36.9% 31.1%
2022 37.3% 31.1%
2021 37.6% 31.2%
2020 38.0% 31.2%
2019 38.7% 31.2%
2018 39.3% 31.3%
2017 39.9% 31.3%
2016 40.6% 31.3%
2015 41.2% 31.4%
2014 42.1% 31.4%
2013 43.0% 31.4%
2012 43.9% 31.5%
2011 44.8% 31.9%
2010 45.7% 31.9%
2009 46.6% 32.0%
2008 47.6% 32.0%
2007 48.5% 32.1%
2006 49.5% 32.1%
2005 50.4% 32.1%
2004 51.4% 32.2%
2003 52.3% 32.3%
2002 53.2% 32.3%
2001 54.2% 32.3%
2000 55.1% 32.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.4 percentage points from 36.9% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 42.1%, the figure has changed by −5.6 percentage points.
  • Among the 209 countries with data for 2024, Paraguay has the 91st 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 Paraguay
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)