Myanmar (Burma)

Forest area in Myanmar (Burma)

Forest area in Myanmar (Burma): 60% in 1990 and 42% in 2024, by FAO estimates.

Latest, 2024: 42%
Since 1990: −18 percentage points
Rank, 2024: 75 of 209; counting from the highest

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% of land · FAO

Estimates, FAOWorld

Every year

% of land · FAO

Year	Myanmar (Burma)	World
2024	42	–
2023	42.4	31.1
2022	42.9	31.1
2021	43.3	31.2
2020	43.7	31.2
2019	44.2	31.2
2018	44.6	31.3
2017	45.1	31.3
2016	45.5	31.3
2015	45.9	31.4
2014	46.4	31.4
2013	46.8	31.4
2012	47.3	31.5
2011	47.7	31.9
2010	48.1	32
2009	48.7	32
2008	49.2	32
2007	49.7	32.1
2006	50.2	32.1
2005	50.7	32.1
2004	51.3	32.2
2003	51.8	32.3
2002	52.3	32.3
2001	52.8	32.3
2000	53.4	32.4
1999	54	32.5
1998	54.7	32.5
1997	55.4	32.6
1996	56	32.7
1995	56.7	32.7
1994	57.4	32.8
1993	58	32.8
1992	58.7	33
1991	59.3	–
1990	60	–

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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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