Colombia vs United Kingdom: Forest area

Forest area in 2024: 53.7% in Colombia and 13.5% in United Kingdom, by FAO estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Colombia, by 40.2 percentage points, or 3.98 times that in United Kingdom.

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% of land · FAO

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What the numbers say

Colombia has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
In 2024, Colombia ranked 45 and United Kingdom ranked 148 of 209 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of land · FAO

Year	Colombia	United Kingdom	World
2024	53.7	13.5	–
2023	53.8	13.5	31.1
2022	54	13.4	31.1
2021	54.1	13.3	31.2
2020	54.2	13.3	31.2
2019	54.3	13.2	31.2
2018	54.5	13.2	31.3
2017	54.6	13.1	31.3
2016	54.8	13.1	31.3
2015	55	13	31.4
2014	55	13	31.4
2013	55.1	12.9	31.4
2012	55.2	12.8	31.5
2011	55.3	12.7	31.9
2010	55.4	12.6	32
2009	55.5	12.6	32
2008	55.6	12.6	32
2007	55.7	12.5	32.1
2006	55.8	12.5	32.1
2005	55.9	12.4	32.1
2004	56	12.4	32.2
2003	56.1	12.3	32.3
2002	56.2	12.3	32.3
2001	56.3	12.3	32.3
2000	56.4	12.2	32.4
1999	56.6	12.1	32.5
1998	56.9	12.1	32.5
1997	57.1	12	32.6
1996	57.3	11.9	32.7
1995	57.5	11.9	32.7
1994	57.8	11.8	32.8
1993	58	11.7	32.8
1992	58.2	11.6	33
1991	58.5	11.6	–
1990	58.7	11.5	–

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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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