Switzerland vs United States: Forest area

Forest area in 2024: 32% in Switzerland and 33.8% in United States, by FAO estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in United States, by 1.8 percentage points, or 1.05 times that in Switzerland.

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% of land · FAO

SwitzerlandUnited StatesWorld

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United States has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
In 2024, Switzerland ranked 108 and United States ranked 102 of 209 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of land · FAO

Year	Switzerland	United States	World
2024	32	33.8	–
2023	32	33.8	31.1
2022	31.9	33.8	31.1
2021	31.9	33.8	31.2
2020	31.8	33.8	31.2
2019	31.8	33.8	31.2
2018	31.7	33.8	31.3
2017	31.7	33.9	31.3
2016	31.7	33.9	31.3
2015	31.6	33.9	31.4
2014	31.5	33.9	31.4
2013	31.5	33.8	31.4
2012	31.4	33.8	31.5
2011	31.3	33.8	31.9
2010	31.3	33.8	32
2009	31.2	33.7	32
2008	31.1	33.6	32
2007	31	33.5	32.1
2006	30.9	33.5	32.1
2005	30.8	33.4	32.1
2004	30.7	33.4	32.2
2003	30.6	33.3	32.3
2002	30.5	33.2	32.3
2001	30.4	33.2	32.3
2000	30.3	33.1	32.4
1999	30.2	33.1	32.5
1998	30.1	33.1	32.5
1997	29.9	33.1	32.6
1996	29.8	33.1	32.7
1995	29.7	33.1	32.7
1994	29.6	33.1	32.8
1993	29.5	33.1	32.8
1992	29.4	33.1	33
1991	29.3	33	–
1990	29.2	33	–

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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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