North Korea
Forest area in North Korea
Forest area in North Korea: 61.9% in 1990 and 64.1% in 2024, by FAO estimates.
- Latest, 2024
- 64.1%
- Since 1990
- +2.2 percentage points
- Rank, 2024
- 24 of 209
- counting from the highest
% of land · FAO
Every year
% of land · FAO
| Year | North Korea | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 64.1 | – |
| 2023 | 64 | 31.1 |
| 2022 | 63.9 | 31.1 |
| 2021 | 63.8 | 31.2 |
| 2020 | 63.7 | 31.2 |
| 2019 | 63.6 | 31.2 |
| 2018 | 63.5 | 31.3 |
| 2017 | 63.4 | 31.3 |
| 2016 | 63.3 | 31.3 |
| 2015 | 63.2 | 31.4 |
| 2014 | 63.1 | 31.4 |
| 2013 | 63.1 | 31.4 |
| 2012 | 63 | 31.5 |
| 2011 | 62.9 | 31.9 |
| 2010 | 62.8 | 32 |
| 2009 | 62.7 | 32 |
| 2008 | 62.6 | 32 |
| 2007 | 62.5 | 32.1 |
| 2006 | 62.4 | 32.1 |
| 2005 | 62.3 | 32.1 |
| 2004 | 62.3 | 32.2 |
| 2003 | 62.2 | 32.3 |
| 2002 | 62.1 | 32.3 |
| 2001 | 62 | 32.3 |
| 2000 | 61.9 | 32.4 |
| 1999 | 61.9 | 32.5 |
| 1998 | 61.9 | 32.5 |
| 1997 | 61.9 | 32.6 |
| 1996 | 61.9 | 32.7 |
| 1995 | 61.9 | 32.7 |
| 1994 | 61.9 | 32.8 |
| 1993 | 61.9 | 32.8 |
| 1992 | 61.9 | 33 |
| 1991 | 61.9 | – |
| 1990 | 61.9 | – |
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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North Korea in numbers
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