Forest area in Nepal

Forest area in Nepal: 40.2% in 1990 and 43.6% in 2024, by FAO estimates.

Latest, 2024: 43.6%
Since 1990: +3.4 percentage points
Rank, 2024: 70 of 209; counting from the highest

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% of land · FAO

Estimates, FAOWorld

Every year

% of land · FAO

Year	Nepal	World
2024	43.6	–
2023	43.5	31.1
2022	43.4	31.1
2021	43.3	31.2
2020	43.1	31.2
2019	43	31.2
2018	42.9	31.3
2017	42.8	31.3
2016	42.7	31.3
2015	42.6	31.4
2014	42.5	31.4
2013	42.5	31.4
2012	42.5	31.5
2011	42.5	31.9
2010	42.4	32
2009	42.3	32
2008	42.2	32
2007	42.1	32.1
2006	42	32.1
2005	41.9	32.1
2004	41.7	32.2
2003	41.6	32.3
2002	41.5	32.3
2001	41.4	32.3
2000	41.3	32.4
1999	41.3	32.5
1998	41.1	32.5
1997	41	32.6
1996	40.9	32.7
1995	40.8	32.7
1994	40.7	32.8
1993	40.6	32.8
1992	40.4	33
1991	40.3	–
1990	40.2	–

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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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