Forest area in Thailand

Forest area in Thailand: 39.6% in 1990 and 38.7% in 2024, by FAO estimates.

Latest, 2024: 38.7%
Since 1990: −0.9 percentage points
Rank, 2024: 84 of 209; counting from the highest

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% of land · FAO

Estimates, FAOWorld

What the numbers say

The highest was 39.8% in 2020, the lowest 38.7% in 2024.

Every year

% of land · FAO

Year	Thailand	World
2024	38.7	–
2023	39	31.1
2022	39.3	31.1
2021	39.5	31.2
2020	39.8	31.2
2019	39.7	31.2
2018	39.6	31.3
2017	39.5	31.3
2016	39.4	31.3
2015	39.3	31.4
2014	39.3	31.4
2013	39.3	31.4
2012	39.3	31.5
2011	39.3	31.9
2010	39.3	32
2009	39.4	32
2008	39.4	32
2007	39.4	32.1
2006	39.4	32.1
2005	39.4	32.1
2004	39.4	32.2
2003	39.4	32.3
2002	39.4	32.3
2001	39.5	32.3
2000	39.5	32.4
1999	39.5	32.5
1998	39.5	32.5
1997	39.5	32.6
1996	39.5	32.7
1995	39.5	32.7
1994	39.6	32.8
1993	39.6	32.8
1992	39.6	33
1991	39.6	–
1990	39.6	–

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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