Bhutan vs China: Forest area

Forest area in 2024: 70.4% in Bhutan and 24% in China, by FAO estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Bhutan, by 46.3 percentage points, or 2.93 times that in China.

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% of land · FAO

BhutanChinaWorld

What the numbers say

Bhutan has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
In 2024, Bhutan ranked 18 and China ranked 121 of 209 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of land · FAO

Year	Bhutan	China	World
2024	70.4	24	–
2023	70.6	23.9	31.1
2022	70.8	23.7	31.1
2021	71	23.5	31.2
2020	71.2	23.3	31.2
2019	71.2	23.2	31.2
2018	71.2	23	31.3
2017	71.2	22.8	31.3
2016	71.2	22.6	31.3
2015	71.2	22.4	31.4
2014	71.2	22.2	31.4
2013	71.1	22	31.4
2012	71.1	21.8	31.5
2011	71	21.6	31.9
2010	71	21.4	32
2009	70.7	21.1	32
2008	70.5	20.9	32
2007	70.2	20.6	32.1
2006	69.9	20.4	32.1
2005	69.7	20.1	32.1
2004	69.4	19.9	32.2
2003	66.2	19.6	32.3
2002	66	19.4	32.3
2001	65.7	19.1	32.3
2000	65.5	18.9	32.4
1999	65.2	18.6	32.5
1998	65	18.4	32.5
1997	64.7	18.2	32.6
1996	64.5	18	32.7
1995	64.2	17.8	32.7
1994	64	17.6	32.8
1993	54.3	17.4	32.8
1992	54.1	17.2	33
1991	53.9	17	–
1990	53.7	16.7	–

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The share of land under trees at least 5 metres tall, natural or planted, leaving out orchards and city parks.
Source: FAO, via the World Bank.
Ranks count the 209 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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