Forest area (% of land area)

Land spanning more than 0.5 hectares with trees higher than 5 metres and a canopy cover of more than 10 percent, as a share of total land area.

Data table

Year	World (%)
1992	33.01
1993	32.83
1994	32.77
1995	32.71
1996	32.65
1997	32.57
1998	32.52
1999	32.45
2000	32.38
2001	32.34
2002	32.3
2003	32.26
2004	32.18
2005	32.14
2006	32.1
2007	32.06
2008	32.03
2009	31.99
2010	31.95
2011	31.91
2012	31.47
2013	31.44
2014	31.41
2015	31.37
2016	31.34
2017	31.29
2018	31.25
2019	31.21
2020	31.17
2021	31.17
2022	31.13
2023	31.1

Per-source values, 2023

Caveats

FAO-sourced, reported roughly every 5 years then held flat between assessments; Nepal is a rare case of forest cover recovery since the 1990s low.