Forest area in Venezuela

Forests covered 53.4% of the land area of Venezuela 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
Venezuela, 2024 53.4% % of land area
Change from 2023 −0.1percentage points 2023: 53.5%
World, 2023 31.1% Official aggregate Not the same period as Venezuela (2024).
Position in 2024 47th of 209 See the full ranking

Forest area in Venezuela 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 VenezuelaWorld
2024 53.4% –
2023 53.5% 31.1%
2022 53.6% 31.1%
2021 53.6% 31.2%
2020 53.7% 31.2%
2019 53.8% 31.2%
2018 53.9% 31.3%
2017 54.0% 31.3%
2016 54.2% 31.3%
2015 54.3% 31.4%
2014 54.4% 31.4%
2013 54.5% 31.4%
2012 54.6% 31.5%
2011 54.7% 31.9%
2010 54.9% 31.9%
2009 54.9% 32.0%
2008 55.0% 32.0%
2007 55.1% 32.1%
2006 55.2% 32.1%
2005 55.3% 32.1%
2004 55.4% 32.2%
2003 55.5% 32.3%
2002 55.6% 32.3%
2001 55.7% 32.3%
2000 55.8% 32.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.1 percentage points from 53.5% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 54.4%, the figure has changed by −1.0 percentage points.
  • Among the 209 countries with data for 2024, Venezuela has the 47th 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 Venezuela
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)