Forest area in United States

Forest area in United States: 33% in 1990 and 33.8% in 2024, by FAO estimates.

Latest, 2024: 33.8%
Since 1990: +0.8 percentage points
Rank, 2024: 102 of 209; counting from the highest

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% of land · FAO

Estimates, FAOWorld

What the numbers say

The highest was 33.9% in 2015, the lowest 33% in 1990.

Every year

% of land · FAO

Year	United States	World
2024	33.8	–
2023	33.8	31.1
2022	33.8	31.1
2021	33.8	31.2
2020	33.8	31.2
2019	33.8	31.2
2018	33.8	31.3
2017	33.9	31.3
2016	33.9	31.3
2015	33.9	31.4
2014	33.9	31.4
2013	33.8	31.4
2012	33.8	31.5
2011	33.8	31.9
2010	33.8	32
2009	33.7	32
2008	33.6	32
2007	33.5	32.1
2006	33.5	32.1
2005	33.4	32.1
2004	33.4	32.2
2003	33.3	32.3
2002	33.2	32.3
2001	33.2	32.3
2000	33.1	32.4
1999	33.1	32.5
1998	33.1	32.5
1997	33.1	32.6
1996	33.1	32.7
1995	33.1	32.7
1994	33.1	32.8
1993	33.1	32.8
1992	33.1	33
1991	33	–
1990	33	–

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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