Forest area in Vanuatu

Forests covered 74.6% of the land area of Vanuatu 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
Vanuatu, 2024 74.6% % of land area
Change from 2023 −0.2percentage points 2023: 74.8%
World, 2023 31.1% Official aggregate Not the same period as Vanuatu (2024).
Position in 2024 12th of 209 See the full ranking

Forest area in Vanuatu 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 VanuatuWorld
2024 74.6% –
2023 74.8% 31.1%
2022 75.0% 31.1%
2021 75.2% 31.2%
2020 75.4% 31.2%
2019 75.6% 31.2%
2018 75.8% 31.3%
2017 76.0% 31.3%
2016 76.2% 31.3%
2015 76.4% 31.4%
2014 76.6% 31.4%
2013 76.8% 31.4%
2012 77.0% 31.5%
2011 77.2% 31.9%
2010 77.4% 31.9%
2009 77.6% 32.0%
2008 77.8% 32.0%
2007 78.0% 32.1%
2006 78.2% 32.1%
2005 78.4% 32.1%
2004 78.5% 32.2%
2003 78.7% 32.3%
2002 78.9% 32.3%
2001 79.1% 32.3%
2000 79.3% 32.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.2 percentage points from 74.8% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 76.6%, the figure has changed by −1.9 percentage points.
  • Among the 209 countries with data for 2024, Vanuatu has the 12th 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 Vanuatu
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)