Australia

Forest area in Australia

Forest area in Australia: 17.5% in 1990 and 17.4% in 2024, by FAO estimates.

Latest, 2024
17.4%
Since 1990
−0.1 percentage points
Rank, 2024
137 of 209
counting from the highest
Watch it change on the map

% of land · FAO

Forest area in AustraliaForest area in Australia: 17.5% in 1990 and 17.4% in 2024, by FAO estimates. The highest was 17.5% in 1990, the lowest 17.1% in 2010.
Estimates, FAOWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 17.5% in 1990, the lowest 17.1% in 2010.

Every year

% of land · FAO

YearAustraliaWorld
202417.4–
202317.431.1
202217.331.1
202117.331.2
202017.331.2
201917.331.2
201817.331.3
201717.331.3
201617.331.3
201517.331.4
201417.231.4
201317.231.4
201217.131.5
201117.131.9
201017.132
200917.132
200817.132
200717.132.1
200617.232.1
200517.232.1
200417.232.2
200317.232.3
200217.332.3
200117.332.3
200017.332.4
199917.332.5
199817.332.5
199717.432.6
199617.432.7
199517.432.7
199417.432.8
199317.532.8
199217.533
199117.5–
199017.5–

Good to know

  • 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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