Forest area in Nicaragua

Forest area in Nicaragua: 59% in 1990 and 25.8% in 2023, by FAO estimates.

Latest, 2023: 25.8%
Since 1990: −33.2 percentage points
World, 2023: 31.1%

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% of land · FAO

Estimates, FAOWorld

Every year

% of land · FAO

Year	Nicaragua	World
2023	25.8	31.1
2022	40.3	31.1
2021	40.5	31.2
2020	40.7	31.2
2019	40.8	31.2
2018	41	31.3
2017	41.2	31.3
2016	41.4	31.3
2015	41.6	31.4
2014	41.8	31.4
2013	41.9	31.4
2012	42.1	31.5
2011	42.3	31.9
2010	42.5	32
2009	43.3	32
2008	44.1	32
2007	45	32.1
2006	45.8	32.1
2005	46.6	32.1
2004	47.4	32.2
2003	48.3	32.3
2002	49.1	32.3
2001	49.9	32.3
2000	50.7	32.4
1999	51.6	32.5
1998	52.4	32.5
1997	53.2	32.6
1996	54	32.7
1995	54.9	32.7
1994	55.7	32.8
1993	56.5	32.8
1992	57.3	33
1991	58.2	–
1990	59	–

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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.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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