Forest area in Asia

48 countries in Asia, 2024. Unit: % of land area. World ranking →

First in the ranking
72.1 %
Brunei
Median country
14.1 %
half above, half below
Range
0.0 to 72.1
Oman - Brunei

How to read it

Across 48 countries in Asia, the highest value is in Brunei (72.1 %) and the lowest in Oman (0.0 %).

The median country is at 14.1 %: half are above, half below.

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.

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Source: FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), uri: https://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/RL, publisher: Food and Agriculture… · via World Bank WDI (AG.LND.FRST.ZS) · licence

Forest area over time

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Ranking of countries

2024
In chart Share of the highest value
1Brunei72.1
2Timor-Leste71.0
3Bhutan70.4
4Japan68.3
5South Korea64.4
6North Korea64.1
7Malaysia57.7
8Laos56.6
9Indonesia50.7
10Vietnam47.1
11Georgia44.6
12Nepal43.6
13Myanmar42.0
14Thailand38.7
15Cambodia37.6
16Sri Lanka34.4
17Türkiye29.5
18Philippines24.8
19India24.4
20China24.0
21Singapore21.8
22Cyprus18.6
23Azerbaijan14.6
24Bangladesh14.4
25Lebanon13.8
26Maldives12.5
27Armenia11.8
28Mongolia9.1
29Uzbekistan8.8
30Israel6.8
31Iran6.6
32Kyrgyzstan6.5
33Turkmenistan5.0
34Bahrain4.9
35United Arab Emirates4.6
36Pakistan4.1
37Tajikistan3.1
38Syria2.9
39Afghanistan1.9
40Palestine1.8
41Iraq1.6
42Kazakhstan1.3
43Saudi Arabia1.3
44Yemen1.0
45Jordan0.8
46Kuwait0.4
47Qatar0.1
48Oman0.0
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