Bangladesh

Forest area in Bangladesh

Forest area in Bangladesh: 15.3% in 1990 and 14.4% in 2024, by FAO estimates.

Latest, 2024
14.4%
Since 1990
−0.8 percentage points
Rank, 2024
146 of 209
counting from the highest
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% of land · FAO

Forest area in BangladeshForest area in Bangladesh: 15.3% in 1990 and 14.4% in 2024, by FAO estimates. In 2024, Bangladesh ranked 146 of 209 countries, counting from the highest.
Estimates, FAOWorld

Every year

% of land · FAO

YearBangladeshWorld
202414.4–
202314.431.1
202214.431.1
202114.431.2
202014.431.2
201914.431.2
201814.531.3
201714.531.3
201614.531.3
201514.531.4
201414.531.4
201314.531.4
201214.531.5
201114.531.9
201014.532
200914.532
200814.632
200714.632.1
200614.632.1
200514.632.1
200414.732.2
200314.732.3
200214.732.3
200114.732.3
200014.832.4
199914.832.5
199814.932.5
199714.932.6
19961532.7
19951532.7
199415.132.8
199315.132.8
199215.233
199115.2–
199015.3–

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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