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Forest area

Forest / land. Poland slightly up; the world 33→31%.

percent

The file

Forest as % of land area, 1990–2023.

The indicator

AG.LND.FRST.ZS. The share can rise if other land shrinks. This is not tonnes of carbon.

What the numbers show

Poland 29% → 31%; Germany and the US ~33%. The world 33% → 31%. Local gains do not cancel a global loss. Emissions: CO₂ per person.

Source
World Bank Open Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0
Last publisher update
2026-07-13
Retrieved
2026-09-15
Warehouse version
v21

Cite

Longseries, “Forest area”. World Bank Open Data (AG.LND.FRST.ZS), 1990–2023, Brazil, China, Czechia, Germany, Spain, France, United Kingdom, India, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Poland, Sweden, United States, World. Retrieved 2026-09-15. CC BY 4.0. Warehouse v21. https://longseries.com/en/d/forest-share/

No revisions in this copy yet — cron will append them when a publisher changes a past value.

Latest values

Sorted by the latest published value. The rest of the file is under the fold.

15 places — sorted by latest value
CountryYearValue
Sweden202368.7
Japan202368.4
Brazil202359.0
Spain202337.2
Czechia202334.8
United States202333.9
Italy202332.9
Germany202332.7
The rest of the places (7)
Remaining 7 places
France202332.5
World202331.1
Poland202331.1
India202324.5
China202324.0
United Kingdom202313.3
Netherlands202311.1

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