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Korea, Rep. — Forest area
Forest Area (% of Land Area) for Korea, Rep., 1990–2023.
Latest value · 2023
64.11%
Forest Area (% of Land Area) · % of land area · -5.6% since 1990
Forest area for Korea, Rep. was 64.11% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 34 years, from 1990 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 67.91% in 1990. Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.17% per year.
Korea, Rep. ranks 21 of 214 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 10%. The median for East Asia & Pacific is 47.72%, so Korea, Rep. sits above it. It peaked in 1990 and has fallen 6% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved down 2%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
64.11%
First (1990)
67.91%
Change
-5.6%
Highest
67.91%
in 1990
Lowest
64.11%
in 2023
Average
66.13%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.17%
Years of data
34
Recent years
| Year | % of land area |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 64.11% |
| 2022 | 64.21% |
| 2021 | 64.31% |
| 2020 | 64.42% |
| 2019 | 64.52% |
| 2018 | 64.67% |
| 2017 | 64.78% |
| 2016 | 64.88% |
| 2015 | 65.03% |
| 2014 | 65.14% |
| 2013 | 65.25% |
| 2012 | 65.43% |
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.