Forest area (% of land area)

About the source table

Publisher

World Bank, World Development Indicators

Original producer

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Code

AG.LND.FRST.ZS

Last update by provider

8 October 2026

Last checked here

9 November 2026

Licence (series metadata)

CC BY-4.0

Source note

FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), uri: https://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/RL, publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Definition published with the series

Forest area (% of land area) is the share of total land area that is under natural or planted stands of trees of at least 5 meters in situ, whether productive or not, and excludes tree stands in agricultural production systems (for example, in fruit plantations and agroforestry systems) and trees in urban parks and gardens.