Malaysia vs Thailand: Forest area

Forest area in 2024: 57.7% in Malaysia and 38.7% in Thailand, by FAO estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Malaysia, by 18.9 percentage points, or 1.49 times that in Thailand.

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% of land · FAO

MalaysiaThailandWorld

What the numbers say

Malaysia has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
In 2024, Malaysia ranked 37 and Thailand ranked 84 of 209 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of land · FAO

Year	Malaysia	Thailand	World
2024	57.7	38.7	–
2023	57.8	39	31.1
2022	58	39.3	31.1
2021	58.2	39.5	31.2
2020	58.4	39.8	31.2
2019	58.6	39.7	31.2
2018	58.7	39.6	31.3
2017	58.9	39.5	31.3
2016	59.1	39.4	31.3
2015	59.2	39.3	31.4
2014	58.9	39.3	31.4
2013	58.6	39.3	31.4
2012	58.3	39.3	31.5
2011	58	39.3	31.9
2010	57.7	39.3	32
2009	57.9	39.4	32
2008	58.1	39.4	32
2007	58.4	39.4	32.1
2006	58.6	39.4	32.1
2005	58.8	39.4	32.1
2004	59	39.4	32.2
2003	59.3	39.4	32.3
2002	59.5	39.4	32.3
2001	59.7	39.5	32.3
2000	59.9	39.5	32.4
1999	60.2	39.5	32.5
1998	60.5	39.5	32.5
1997	60.8	39.5	32.6
1996	61.1	39.5	32.7
1995	61.4	39.5	32.7
1994	61.6	39.6	32.8
1993	61.9	39.6	32.8
1992	62.2	39.6	33
1991	62.5	39.6	–
1990	62.8	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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