Forest area in Peru

Forests covered 52.7% of the land area of Peru 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
Peru, 2024 52.7% % of land area
Change from 2023 −0.2percentage points 2023: 52.9%
World, 2023 31.1% Official aggregate Not the same period as Peru (2024).
Position in 2024 51st of 209 See the full ranking

Forest area in Peru 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 PeruWorld
2024 52.7% –
2023 52.9% 31.1%
2022 53.2% 31.1%
2021 53.4% 31.2%
2020 53.6% 31.2%
2019 53.8% 31.2%
2018 53.9% 31.3%
2017 54.1% 31.3%
2016 54.2% 31.3%
2015 54.3% 31.4%
2014 54.6% 31.4%
2013 54.8% 31.4%
2012 55.0% 31.5%
2011 55.3% 31.9%
2010 55.5% 31.9%
2009 55.7% 32.0%
2008 56.0% 32.0%
2007 56.2% 32.1%
2006 56.4% 32.1%
2005 56.7% 32.1%
2004 56.9% 32.2%
2003 57.1% 32.3%
2002 57.4% 32.3%
2001 57.6% 32.3%
2000 57.8% 32.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.2 percentage points from 52.9% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 54.6%, the figure has changed by −1.9 percentage points.
  • Among the 209 countries with data for 2024, Peru has the 51st 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 Peru
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)