Philippines

Forest area in Philippines

Forest area in Philippines: 26.1% in 1990 and 24.8% in 2024, by FAO estimates.

Latest, 2024
24.8%
Since 1990
−1.3 percentage points
Rank, 2024
118 of 209
counting from the highest
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% of land · FAO

Forest area in PhilippinesForest area in Philippines: 26.1% in 1990 and 24.8% in 2024, by FAO estimates. The highest was 26.1% in 1990, the lowest 22.9% in 2010.
Estimates, FAOWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 26.1% in 1990, the lowest 22.9% in 2010.

Every year

% of land · FAO

YearPhilippinesWorld
202424.8–
202324.731.1
202224.531.1
202124.431.2
202024.231.2
201924.131.2
20182431.3
201723.831.3
201623.731.3
201523.531.4
201423.431.4
201323.331.4
201223.231.5
201123.131.9
201022.932
200923.132
200823.332
200723.432.1
200623.632.1
200523.732.1
200423.932.2
20032432.3
200224.232.3
200124.432.3
200024.532.4
199924.732.5
199824.832.5
19972532.6
199625.132.7
199525.332.7
199425.532.8
199325.632.8
199225.833
199125.9–
199026.1–

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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