Canada vs Thailand: Forest area

Forest area in 2024: 42% in Canada and 38.7% in Thailand, by FAO estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Canada, by 3.2 percentage points, or 1.08 times that in Thailand.

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% of land · FAO

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What the numbers say

Canada has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
In 2024, Canada ranked 74 and Thailand ranked 84 of 209 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of land · FAO

Year	Canada	Thailand	World
2024	42	38.7	–
2023	42	39	31.1
2022	42	39.3	31.1
2021	42	39.5	31.2
2020	41.1	39.8	31.2
2019	41.1	39.7	31.2
2018	41.1	39.6	31.3
2017	41.1	39.5	31.3
2016	41.1	39.4	31.3
2015	41.1	39.3	31.4
2014	41	39.3	31.4
2013	40.9	39.3	31.4
2012	40.9	39.3	31.5
2011	40.8	39.3	31.9
2010	40.8	39.3	32
2009	40.7	39.4	32
2008	40.6	39.4	32
2007	40.6	39.4	32.1
2006	40.5	39.4	32.1
2005	40.5	39.4	32.1
2004	40.4	39.4	32.2
2003	40.4	39.4	32.3
2002	40.3	39.4	32.3
2001	40.2	39.5	32.3
2000	40.2	39.5	32.4
1999	40.2	39.5	32.5
1998	40.2	39.5	32.5
1997	40.2	39.5	32.6
1996	40.2	39.5	32.7
1995	40.2	39.5	32.7
1994	40.2	39.6	32.8
1993	40.2	39.6	32.8
1992	40.2	39.6	33
1991	40.2	39.6	–
1990	40.2	39.6	–

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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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