Forest area in Samoa

Forests covered 57.6% of the land area of Samoa 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
Samoa, 2024 57.6% % of land area
Change from 2023 −0.2percentage points 2023: 57.8%
World, 2023 31.1% Official aggregate Not the same period as Samoa (2024).
Position in 2024 38th of 209 See the full ranking

Forest area in Samoa 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 SamoaWorld
2024 57.6% –
2023 57.8% 31.1%
2022 58.0% 31.1%
2021 58.2% 31.2%
2020 58.3% 31.2%
2019 58.5% 31.2%
2018 58.7% 31.3%
2017 58.8% 31.3%
2016 58.0% 31.3%
2015 58.1% 31.4%
2014 58.3% 31.4%
2013 58.5% 31.4%
2012 58.7% 31.5%
2011 58.8% 31.9%
2010 59.0% 31.9%
2009 59.2% 32.0%
2008 59.3% 32.0%
2007 59.5% 32.1%
2006 59.7% 32.1%
2005 59.8% 32.1%
2004 60.0% 32.2%
2003 60.2% 32.3%
2002 60.4% 32.3%
2001 60.5% 32.3%
2000 60.7% 32.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.2 percentage points from 57.8% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 58.3%, the figure has changed by −0.7 percentage points.
  • Among the 209 countries with data for 2024, Samoa has the 38th 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 Samoa
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)