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Argentina — Forest area
Forest Area (% of Land Area) for Argentina, 1990–2023.
Latest value · 2023
10.32%
Forest Area (% of Land Area) · % of land area · -19.8% since 1990
Forest area for Argentina was 10.32% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 34 years, from 1990 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 12.86% in 1990. Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.67% per year.
Argentina ranks 165 of 214 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 77%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 44.99%, so Argentina sits below it. It peaked in 1990 and has fallen 20% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved down 4%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
10.32%
First (1990)
12.86%
Change
-19.8%
Highest
12.86%
in 1990
Lowest
10.32%
in 2023
Average
11.50%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.67%
Years of data
34
Recent years
| Year | % of land area |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 10.32% |
| 2022 | 10.36% |
| 2021 | 10.4% |
| 2020 | 10.44% |
| 2019 | 10.48% |
| 2018 | 10.52% |
| 2017 | 10.56% |
| 2016 | 10.6% |
| 2015 | 10.63% |
| 2014 | 10.71% |
| 2013 | 10.8% |
| 2012 | 10.88% |
Reading this correctly. Land under naturally regenerated or planted stands of trees of at least five meters in situ, as a share of total land area. Figures are in % of land area. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
AG.LND.FRST.ZS — Forest Area (% of Land Area). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.