Forest area in Singapore

Forests covered 21.8% of the land area of Singapore 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
Singapore, 2024 21.8% % of land area
Change from 2023 0percentage points 2023: 21.8%
World, 2023 31.1% Official aggregate Not the same period as Singapore (2024).
Position in 2024 128th of 209 See the full ranking

Forest area in Singapore 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 SingaporeWorld
2024 21.8% –
2023 21.8% 31.1%
2022 21.9% 31.1%
2021 22.0% 31.2%
2020 22.0% 31.2%
2019 22.3% 31.2%
2018 22.5% 31.3%
2017 22.8% 31.3%
2016 23.1% 31.3%
2015 23.2% 31.4%
2014 23.6% 31.4%
2013 24.0% 31.4%
2012 24.4% 31.5%
2011 24.9% 31.9%
2010 25.3% 31.9%
2009 25.3% 32.0%
2008 25.1% 32.0%
2007 25.2% 32.1%
2006 25.2% 32.1%
2005 25.2% 32.1%
2004 25.1% 32.2%
2003 25.1% 32.3%
2002 25.4% 32.3%
2001 25.5% 32.3%
2000 25.4% 32.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of 0 percentage points from 21.8% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 23.6%, the figure has changed by −1.8 percentage points.
  • Among the 209 countries with data for 2024, Singapore has the 128th 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 Singapore
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)