Cambodia vs Malaysia: Forest area

Forest area in 2024: 37.6% in Cambodia and 57.7% in Malaysia, by FAO estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Malaysia, by 20 percentage points, or 1.53 times that in Cambodia.

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% of land · FAO

CambodiaMalaysiaWorld

What the numbers say

Malaysia has been higher since 2012, when it overtook Cambodia.
In 2024, Cambodia ranked 87 and Malaysia ranked 37 of 209 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of land · FAO

Year	Cambodia	Malaysia	World
2024	37.6	57.7	–
2023	39.4	57.8	31.1
2022	41.1	58	31.1
2021	42.9	58.2	31.2
2020	44.6	58.4	31.2
2019	45.7	58.6	31.2
2018	46.8	58.7	31.3
2017	47.9	58.9	31.3
2016	49	59.1	31.3
2015	50.1	59.2	31.4
2014	52.1	58.9	31.4
2013	54.1	58.6	31.4
2012	56	58.3	31.5
2011	58	58	31.9
2010	60	57.7	32
2009	60.1	57.9	32
2008	60.2	58.1	32
2007	60.3	58.4	32.1
2006	60.4	58.6	32.1
2005	60.5	58.8	32.1
2004	60.6	59	32.2
2003	60.8	59.3	32.3
2002	60.9	59.5	32.3
2001	61	59.7	32.3
2000	61.1	59.9	32.4
1999	61.2	60.2	32.5
1998	61.3	60.5	32.5
1997	61.5	60.8	32.6
1996	61.6	61.1	32.7
1995	61.7	61.4	32.7
1994	61.8	61.6	32.8
1993	62	61.9	32.8
1992	62.1	62.2	33
1991	62.2	62.5	–
1990	62.3	62.8	–

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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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