Forest area in Colombia

Forest area in Colombia: 58.7% in 1990 and 53.7% in 2024, by FAO estimates.

Latest, 2024: 53.7%
Since 1990: −5 percentage points
Rank, 2024: 45 of 209; counting from the highest

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% of land · FAO

Estimates, FAOWorld

Every year

% of land · FAO

Year	Colombia	World
2024	53.7	–
2023	53.8	31.1
2022	54	31.1
2021	54.1	31.2
2020	54.2	31.2
2019	54.3	31.2
2018	54.5	31.3
2017	54.6	31.3
2016	54.8	31.3
2015	55	31.4
2014	55	31.4
2013	55.1	31.4
2012	55.2	31.5
2011	55.3	31.9
2010	55.4	32
2009	55.5	32
2008	55.6	32
2007	55.7	32.1
2006	55.8	32.1
2005	55.9	32.1
2004	56	32.2
2003	56.1	32.3
2002	56.2	32.3
2001	56.3	32.3
2000	56.4	32.4
1999	56.6	32.5
1998	56.9	32.5
1997	57.1	32.6
1996	57.3	32.7
1995	57.5	32.7
1994	57.8	32.8
1993	58	32.8
1992	58.2	33
1991	58.5	–
1990	58.7	–

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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