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Bangladesh — Forest area
Forest Area (% of Land Area) for Bangladesh, 1990–2023.
Latest value · 2023
14.49%
Forest Area (% of Land Area) · % of land area · -1.8% since 1990
Forest area for Bangladesh was 14.49% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 34 years, from 1990 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 14.75% in 1990. The lowest was 14.46% in 2022 (about 1.0× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.05% per year.
Bangladesh ranks 144 of 214 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 67%. The median for South Asia is 34.00%, so Bangladesh sits below it. It peaked in 1990 and has fallen 2% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved up 0%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
14.49%
First (1990)
14.75%
Change
-1.8%
Highest
14.75%
in 1990
Lowest
14.46%
in 2022
Average
14.61%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.05%
Years of data
34
Recent years
| Year | % of land area |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 14.49% |
| 2022 | 14.46% |
| 2021 | 14.47% |
| 2020 | 14.47% |
| 2019 | 14.47% |
| 2018 | 14.47% |
| 2017 | 14.47% |
| 2016 | 14.47% |
| 2015 | 14.47% |
| 2014 | 14.48% |
| 2013 | 14.48% |
| 2012 | 14.49% |
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.