Forest area in World
Forests covered 31.1% of the land area of the world in 2023. The value for 2023 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1992.
World is a group: All economies covered by the World Bank. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
World, 2023
31.1%
Change from 2022
0percentage points
European Union, 2023
40.1%
Forest area in World over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of land area. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | World | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 31.1% | 40.1% |
| 2022 | 31.1% | 40.0% |
| 2021 | 31.2% | 40.0% |
| 2020 | 31.2% | 39.9% |
| 2019 | 31.2% | 39.9% |
| 2018 | 31.3% | 39.8% |
| 2017 | 31.3% | 39.8% |
| 2016 | 31.3% | 39.7% |
| 2015 | 31.4% | 39.7% |
| 2014 | 31.4% | 39.6% |
| 2013 | 31.4% | 39.5% |
| 2012 | 31.5% | 39.4% |
| 2011 | 31.9% | 39.4% |
| 2010 | 31.9% | 39.3% |
| 2009 | 32.0% | 39.2% |
| 2008 | 32.0% | 39.1% |
| 2007 | 32.1% | 38.9% |
| 2006 | 32.1% | 38.8% |
| 2005 | 32.1% | 38.7% |
| 2004 | 32.2% | 38.6% |
| 2003 | 32.3% | 38.4% |
| 2002 | 32.3% | 38.3% |
| 2001 | 32.3% | 38.2% |
| 2000 | 32.4% | 38.1% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of 0 percentage points from 31.1% in 2022.
- Since 2013, when it was 31.4%, the figure has changed by −0.3 percentage points.
- The figure for the European Union in 2023 was 40.1%.