Spain vs Thailand: Forest area

Forest area in 2024: 38.2% in Spain and 38.7% in Thailand, by FAO estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Thailand, by 0.5 percentage points, or 1.01 times that in Spain.

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% of land · FAO

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What the numbers say

Thailand has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
In 2024, Spain ranked 86 and Thailand ranked 84 of 209 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of land · FAO

Year	Spain	Thailand	World
2024	38.2	38.7	–
2023	38.2	39	31.1
2022	38.1	39.3	31.1
2021	38	39.5	31.2
2020	38	39.8	31.2
2019	37.8	39.7	31.2
2018	37.7	39.6	31.3
2017	37.5	39.5	31.3
2016	37.4	39.4	31.3
2015	37.2	39.3	31.4
2014	37.1	39.3	31.4
2013	37.1	39.3	31.4
2012	37.1	39.3	31.5
2011	37.1	39.3	31.9
2010	37.1	39.3	32
2009	36.9	39.4	32
2008	36.6	39.4	32
2007	36.3	39.4	32.1
2006	36	39.4	32.1
2005	35.7	39.4	32.1
2004	35.4	39.4	32.2
2003	35.1	39.4	32.3
2002	34.8	39.4	32.3
2001	34.6	39.5	32.3
2000	34.3	39.5	32.4
1999	33.6	39.5	32.5
1998	33	39.5	32.5
1997	32.3	39.5	32.6
1996	31.7	39.5	32.7
1995	31	39.5	32.7
1994	30.4	39.6	32.8
1993	29.8	39.6	32.8
1992	29.1	39.6	33
1991	28.5	39.6	–
1990	27.8	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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