Palau
Forest area in Palau
Forest area in Palau: 83.2% in 1991 and 90.8% in 2024, by FAO estimates.
- Latest, 2024
- 90.8%
- Since 1991
- +7.6 percentage points
- Rank, 2024
- 4 of 209
- counting from the highest
% of land · FAO
What the numbers say
- The highest was 90.8% in 2023, the lowest 83.2% in 1991.
Every year
% of land · FAO
| Year | Palau | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 90.8 | – |
| 2023 | 90.8 | 31.1 |
| 2022 | 90.6 | 31.1 |
| 2021 | 90.4 | 31.2 |
| 2020 | 90.2 | 31.2 |
| 2019 | 89.9 | 31.2 |
| 2018 | 89.7 | 31.3 |
| 2017 | 89.5 | 31.3 |
| 2016 | 89.3 | 31.3 |
| 2015 | 89.1 | 31.4 |
| 2014 | 88.9 | 31.4 |
| 2013 | 88.7 | 31.4 |
| 2012 | 88.5 | 31.5 |
| 2011 | 88.4 | 31.9 |
| 2010 | 88.2 | 32 |
| 2009 | 88 | 32 |
| 2008 | 87.7 | 32 |
| 2007 | 87.5 | 32.1 |
| 2006 | 87.3 | 32.1 |
| 2005 | 87.1 | 32.1 |
| 2004 | 86.9 | 32.2 |
| 2003 | 86.7 | 32.3 |
| 2002 | 86.5 | 32.3 |
| 2001 | 86.3 | 32.3 |
| 2000 | 86 | 32.4 |
| 1999 | 85.7 | 32.5 |
| 1998 | 85.4 | 32.5 |
| 1997 | 85.1 | 32.6 |
| 1996 | 84.8 | 32.7 |
| 1995 | 84.5 | 32.7 |
| 1994 | 84.2 | 32.8 |
| 1993 | 83.9 | 32.8 |
| 1992 | 83.6 | 33 |
| 1991 | 83.2 | – |
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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Palau in numbers
Every measure for Palau on one page