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Canada — Forest area
Forest Area (% of Land Area) for Canada, 1990–2023.
Latest value · 2023
39.46%
Forest Area (% of Land Area) · % of land area · +1.6% since 1990
Forest area for Canada was 39.46% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 34 years, from 1990 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 39.47% in 2021. The lowest was 38.70% in 2020 (about 1.0× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.05% per year.
Canada ranks 78 of 214 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 36%. The median for North America is 33.87%, so Canada sits above it. It peaked in 2021 and has fallen 0% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved up 2%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
39.46%
First (1990)
38.85%
Change
+1.6%
Highest
39.47%
in 2021
Lowest
38.70%
in 2020
Average
38.83%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.05%
Years of data
34
Recent years
| Year | % of land area |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 39.46% |
| 2022 | 39.47% |
| 2021 | 39.47% |
| 2020 | 38.7% |
| 2019 | 38.7% |
| 2018 | 38.7% |
| 2017 | 38.71% |
| 2016 | 38.71% |
| 2015 | 38.72% |
| 2014 | 38.72% |
| 2013 | 38.73% |
| 2012 | 38.73% |
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.