Forest area in Thailand

Forests covered 38.7% of the land area of Thailand 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
Thailand, 2024 38.7% % of land area
Change from 2023 −0.3percentage points 2023: 39.0%
World, 2023 31.1% Official aggregate Not the same period as Thailand (2024).
Position in 2024 84th of 209 See the full ranking

Forest area in Thailand 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 ThailandWorld
2024 38.7% –
2023 39.0% 31.1%
2022 39.3% 31.1%
2021 39.5% 31.2%
2020 39.8% 31.2%
2019 39.7% 31.2%
2018 39.6% 31.3%
2017 39.5% 31.3%
2016 39.4% 31.3%
2015 39.3% 31.4%
2014 39.3% 31.4%
2013 39.3% 31.4%
2012 39.3% 31.5%
2011 39.3% 31.9%
2010 39.3% 31.9%
2009 39.3% 32.0%
2008 39.4% 32.0%
2007 39.4% 32.1%
2006 39.4% 32.1%
2005 39.4% 32.1%
2004 39.4% 32.2%
2003 39.4% 32.3%
2002 39.4% 32.3%
2001 39.5% 32.3%
2000 39.5% 32.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.3 percentage points from 39.0% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 39.3%, the figure has changed by −0.6 percentage points.
  • Among the 209 countries with data for 2024, Thailand has the 84th 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 Thailand
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)