Forest area in Solomon Islands

Forests covered 89.8% of the land area of Solomon Islands 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
Solomon Islands, 2024 89.8% % of land area
Change from 2023 0percentage points 2023: 89.9%
World, 2023 31.1% Official aggregate Not the same period as Solomon Islands (2024).
Position in 2024 5th of 209 See the full ranking

Forest area in Solomon Islands 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 Solomon IslandsWorld
2024 89.8% –
2023 89.9% 31.1%
2022 89.9% 31.1%
2021 89.9% 31.2%
2020 89.9% 31.2%
2019 90.0% 31.2%
2018 90.0% 31.3%
2017 90.0% 31.3%
2016 90.1% 31.3%
2015 90.1% 31.4%
2014 90.1% 31.4%
2013 90.1% 31.4%
2012 90.2% 31.5%
2011 90.2% 31.9%
2010 90.2% 31.9%
2009 90.2% 32.0%
2008 90.3% 32.0%
2007 90.3% 32.1%
2006 90.3% 32.1%
2005 90.3% 32.1%
2004 90.4% 32.2%
2003 90.4% 32.3%
2002 90.4% 32.3%
2001 90.4% 32.3%
2000 90.5% 32.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of 0 percentage points from 89.9% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 90.1%, the figure has changed by −0.3 percentage points.
  • Among the 209 countries with data for 2024, Solomon Islands has the 5th highest value.

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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 Solomon Islands
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)