South Korea vs Switzerland: Forest area

Forest area in 2024: 64.4% in South Korea and 32% in Switzerland, by FAO estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in South Korea, by 32.4 percentage points, or 2.01 times that in Switzerland.

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% of land · FAO

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What the numbers say

South Korea has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
In 2024, South Korea ranked 23 and Switzerland ranked 108 of 209 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of land · FAO

Year	South Korea	Switzerland	World
2024	64.4	32	–
2023	64.4	32	31.1
2022	64.5	31.9	31.1
2021	64.5	31.9	31.2
2020	64.5	31.8	31.2
2019	64.6	31.8	31.2
2018	64.7	31.7	31.3
2017	64.8	31.7	31.3
2016	64.9	31.7	31.3
2015	65	31.6	31.4
2014	65.1	31.5	31.4
2013	65.3	31.5	31.4
2012	65.4	31.4	31.5
2011	65.6	31.3	31.9
2010	65.7	31.3	32
2009	65.9	31.2	32
2008	66	31.1	32
2007	66.2	31	32.1
2006	66.3	30.9	32.1
2005	66.4	30.8	32.1
2004	66.5	30.7	32.2
2003	66.6	30.6	32.3
2002	66.7	30.5	32.3
2001	66.9	30.4	32.3
2000	67.1	30.3	32.4
1999	67.2	30.2	32.5
1998	67.3	30.1	32.5
1997	67.4	29.9	32.6
1996	67.5	29.8	32.7
1995	67.5	29.7	32.7
1994	67.6	29.6	32.8
1993	67.7	29.5	32.8
1992	67.8	29.4	33
1991	67.8	29.3	–
1990	67.9	29.2	–

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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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South Korea vs Switzerland: Forest area

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