Forest area in Peru

Forest area in Peru: 60.2% in 1990 and 52.7% in 2024, by FAO estimates.

Latest, 2024: 52.7%
Since 1990: −7.5 percentage points
Rank, 2024: 51 of 209; counting from the highest

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% of land · FAO

Estimates, FAOWorld

Every year

% of land · FAO

Year	Peru	World
2024	52.7	–
2023	52.9	31.1
2022	53.2	31.1
2021	53.4	31.2
2020	53.6	31.2
2019	53.8	31.2
2018	53.9	31.3
2017	54.1	31.3
2016	54.2	31.3
2015	54.3	31.4
2014	54.6	31.4
2013	54.8	31.4
2012	55	31.5
2011	55.3	31.9
2010	55.5	32
2009	55.7	32
2008	56	32
2007	56.2	32.1
2006	56.4	32.1
2005	56.7	32.1
2004	56.9	32.2
2003	57.2	32.3
2002	57.4	32.3
2001	57.6	32.3
2000	57.9	32.4
1999	58.1	32.5
1998	58.3	32.5
1997	58.6	32.6
1996	58.8	32.7
1995	59	32.7
1994	59.3	32.8
1993	59.5	32.8
1992	59.7	33
1991	60	–
1990	60.2	–

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.

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