Forest area in Brunei

Forest area in Brunei: 78.4% in 1990 and 72.1% in 2024, by FAO estimates.

Latest, 2024: 72.1%
Since 1990: −6.3 percentage points
Rank, 2024: 16 of 209; counting from the highest

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% of land · FAO

Estimates, FAOWorld

What the numbers say

The highest was 78.4% in 1990, the lowest 72.1% in 2010.

Every year

% of land · FAO

Year	Brunei	World
2024	72.1	–
2023	72.1	31.1
2022	72.1	31.1
2021	72.1	31.2
2020	72.1	31.2
2019	72.1	31.2
2018	72.1	31.3
2017	72.1	31.3
2016	72.1	31.3
2015	72.1	31.4
2014	72.1	31.4
2013	72.1	31.4
2012	72.1	31.5
2011	72.1	31.9
2010	72.1	32
2009	72.4	32
2008	72.8	32
2007	73.1	32.1
2006	73.4	32.1
2005	73.7	32.1
2004	74	32.2
2003	74.4	32.3
2002	74.7	32.3
2001	75	32.3
2000	75.3	32.4
1999	75.6	32.5
1998	75.9	32.5
1997	76.2	32.6
1996	76.6	32.7
1995	76.9	32.7
1994	77.2	32.8
1993	77.5	32.8
1992	77.8	33
1991	78.1	–
1990	78.4	–

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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