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Pakistan — Forest area
Forest Area (% of Land Area) for Pakistan, 1990–2023.
Latest value · 2023
4.67%
Forest Area (% of Land Area) · % of land area · -27.8% since 1990
Forest area for Pakistan was 4.67% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 34 years, from 1990 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 6.47% in 1990. Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.98% per year.
Pakistan ranks 180 of 214 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 84%. The median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan is 1.44%, so Pakistan sits above it. It peaked in 1990 and has fallen 28% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved down 10%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
4.67%
First (1990)
6.47%
Change
-27.8%
Highest
6.47%
in 1990
Lowest
4.67%
in 2023
Average
5.53%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.98%
Years of data
34
Recent years
| Year | % of land area |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 4.67% |
| 2022 | 4.73% |
| 2021 | 4.78% |
| 2020 | 4.83% |
| 2019 | 4.89% |
| 2018 | 4.94% |
| 2017 | 4.99% |
| 2016 | 5.02% |
| 2015 | 5.1% |
| 2014 | 5.14% |
| 2013 | 5.19% |
| 2012 | 5.23% |
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.