Japan

Forest area in Japan

Forest area in Japan: 68.4% in 1990 and 68.3% in 2024, by FAO estimates.

Latest, 2024
68.3%
Since 1990
−0.1 percentage points
Rank, 2024
20 of 209
counting from the highest
Watch it change on the map

% of land · FAO

Forest area in JapanForest area in Japan: 68.4% in 1990 and 68.3% in 2024, by FAO estimates. The highest was 68.5% in 2010, the lowest 68.3% in 2000.
Estimates, FAOWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 68.5% in 2010, the lowest 68.3% in 2000.

Every year

% of land · FAO

YearJapanWorld
202468.3–
202368.431.1
202268.431.1
202168.431.2
202068.431.2
201968.431.2
201868.431.3
201768.431.3
201668.431.3
201568.431.4
201468.531.4
201368.531.4
201268.531.5
201168.531.9
201068.532
200968.532
200868.432
200768.432.1
200668.432.1
200568.432.1
200468.432.2
200368.332.3
200268.332.3
200168.332.3
200068.332.4
199968.332.5
199868.332.5
199768.332.6
199668.332.7
199568.332.7
199468.432.8
199368.432.8
199268.433
199168.4–
199068.4–

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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