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Nicaragua — Forest area
Forest Area (% of Land Area) for Nicaragua, 1990–2023.
Latest value · 2023
25.82%
Forest Area (% of Land Area) · % of land area · -51.4% since 1990
Forest area for Nicaragua was 25.82% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 34 years, from 1990 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 53.18% in 1990. Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -2.17% per year.
Nicaragua ranks 116 of 214 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 54%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 44.99%, so Nicaragua sits below it. It peaked in 1990 and has fallen 51% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved down 23%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
25.82%
First (1990)
53.18%
Change
-51.4%
Highest
53.18%
in 1990
Lowest
25.82%
in 2023
Average
39.10%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-2.17%
Years of data
34
Recent years
| Year | % of land area |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 25.82% |
| 2022 | 26.65% |
| 2021 | 27.48% |
| 2020 | 28.32% |
| 2019 | 29.15% |
| 2018 | 29.98% |
| 2017 | 30.81% |
| 2016 | 31.64% |
| 2015 | 32.47% |
| 2014 | 32.94% |
| 2013 | 33.4% |
| 2012 | 33.87% |
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.