Forest area in Tuvalu

Forests covered 39.6% of the land area of Tuvalu in 2024.

Measure: Forest area as a share of land area Unit: % of land area Data: 1990 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Tuvalu, 2024 39.6% % of land area
Change from 2023 0percentage points 2023: 39.6%
World, 2023 31.1% Official aggregate Not the same period as Tuvalu (2024).
Position in 2024 80th of 209 See the full ranking

Forest area in Tuvalu 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 TuvaluWorld
2024 39.6% –
2023 39.6% 31.1%
2022 39.6% 31.1%
2021 34.3% 31.2%
2020 34.3% 31.2%
2019 34.3% 31.2%
2018 34.3% 31.3%
2017 34.3% 31.3%
2016 34.3% 31.3%
2015 34.3% 31.4%
2014 34.3% 31.4%
2013 34.3% 31.4%
2012 34.3% 31.5%
2011 34.3% 31.9%
2010 34.3% 31.9%
2009 34.3% 32.0%
2008 34.3% 32.0%
2007 34.3% 32.1%
2006 34.3% 32.1%
2005 34.3% 32.1%
2004 34.3% 32.2%
2003 34.3% 32.3%
2002 34.3% 32.3%
2001 34.3% 32.3%
2000 34.3% 32.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is unchanged from 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 34.3%, the figure has changed by +5.3 percentage points.
  • Among the 209 countries with data for 2024, Tuvalu has the 80th 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 Tuvalu
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)