Forest area in China

Forest area in China: 16.7% in 1990 and 24% in 2024, by FAO estimates.

Latest, 2024: 24%
Since 1990: +7.3 percentage points
Rank, 2024: 121 of 209; counting from the highest

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% of land · FAO

Estimates, FAOWorld

Every year

% of land · FAO

Year	China	World
2024	24	–
2023	23.9	31.1
2022	23.7	31.1
2021	23.5	31.2
2020	23.3	31.2
2019	23.2	31.2
2018	23	31.3
2017	22.8	31.3
2016	22.6	31.3
2015	22.4	31.4
2014	22.2	31.4
2013	22	31.4
2012	21.8	31.5
2011	21.6	31.9
2010	21.4	32
2009	21.1	32
2008	20.9	32
2007	20.6	32.1
2006	20.4	32.1
2005	20.1	32.1
2004	19.9	32.2
2003	19.6	32.3
2002	19.4	32.3
2001	19.1	32.3
2000	18.9	32.4
1999	18.6	32.5
1998	18.4	32.5
1997	18.2	32.6
1996	18	32.7
1995	17.8	32.7
1994	17.6	32.8
1993	17.4	32.8
1992	17.2	33
1991	17	–
1990	16.7	–

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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