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Indonesia — Forest area
Forest Area (% of Land Area) for Indonesia, 1990–2023.
Latest value · 2023
47.72%
Forest Area (% of Land Area) · % of land area · -27.1% since 1990
Forest area for Indonesia was 47.72% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 34 years, from 1990 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 65.44% in 1990. Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.95% per year.
Indonesia ranks 56 of 214 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 26%. The median for East Asia & Pacific is 47.72%, so Indonesia sits level with it. It peaked in 1990 and has fallen 27% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved down 8%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
47.72%
First (1990)
65.44%
Change
-27.1%
Highest
65.44%
in 1990
Lowest
47.72%
in 2023
Average
54.45%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.95%
Years of data
34
Recent years
| Year | % of land area |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 47.72% |
| 2022 | 48.04% |
| 2021 | 48.36% |
| 2020 | 49.07% |
| 2019 | 49.39% |
| 2018 | 49.72% |
| 2017 | 50.04% |
| 2016 | 50.74% |
| 2015 | 50.61% |
| 2014 | 51.11% |
| 2013 | 51.6% |
| 2012 | 52.09% |
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.