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Korea, Dem. People's Rep. — Forest area
Forest Area (% of Land Area) for Korea, Dem. People's Rep., 1990–2023.
Latest value · 2023
49.55%
Forest Area (% of Land Area) · % of land area · -13.7% since 1990
Forest area for Korea, Dem. People's Rep. was 49.55% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 34 years, from 1990 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 57.40% in 1990. Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.44% per year.
Korea, Dem. People's Rep. ranks 54 of 214 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 25%. The median for East Asia & Pacific is 47.72%, so Korea, Dem. People's Rep. sits above it. It peaked in 1990 and has fallen 14% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved down 3%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
49.55%
First (1990)
57.40%
Change
-13.7%
Highest
57.40%
in 1990
Lowest
49.55%
in 2023
Average
52.79%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.44%
Years of data
34
Recent years
| Year | % of land area |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 49.55% |
| 2022 | 49.73% |
| 2021 | 49.9% |
| 2020 | 50.08% |
| 2019 | 50.25% |
| 2018 | 50.44% |
| 2017 | 50.61% |
| 2016 | 50.78% |
| 2015 | 50.96% |
| 2014 | 51.14% |
| 2013 | 51.31% |
| 2012 | 51.49% |
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.