environment
Global Forest Area
Total land area covered by forest worldwide, measured in square kilometres. Forests play a critical role in carbon sequestration and biodiversity.
WLDTier 1 SourceVerified Mar 2026
Global Forest Area
Official value (2022): 40,398,387
Global Forest Area growth (2013–2022)
-1.1%·in time period
2013: 40,838,658.292 sq. km, 2014: 40,793,786.376 sq. km, 2015: 40,748,914.46 sq. km, 2016: 40,716,299.758 sq. km, 2017: 40,647,868.959 sq. km, 2018: 40,599,554.242 sq. km, 2019: 40,548,696.3 sq. km, 2020: 40,499,594.4 sq. km, 2021: 40,449,373.704 sq. km, 2022: 40,398,387.316 sq. km
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