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Palau — Forest area
Forest Area (% of Land Area) for Palau, 1991–2023.
Latest value · 2023
90.54%
Forest Area (% of Land Area) · % of land area · +8.8% since 1991
Forest area for Palau was 90.54% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 33 years, from 1991 to 2023. The latest year is also the highest value on record for this series. The lowest was 83.25% in 1991 (about 1.1× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.26% per year.
Palau ranks 4 of 214 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 2%. The median for East Asia & Pacific is 47.72%, so Palau sits above it. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved up 2%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
90.54%
First (1991)
83.25%
Change
+8.8%
Highest
90.54%
in 2023
Lowest
83.25%
in 1991
Average
87.32%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.26%
Years of data
33
Recent years
| Year | % of land area |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 90.54% |
| 2022 | 90.37% |
| 2021 | 90.2% |
| 2020 | 90.02% |
| 2019 | 89.85% |
| 2018 | 89.67% |
| 2017 | 89.48% |
| 2016 | 89.3% |
| 2015 | 89.11% |
| 2014 | 88.92% |
| 2013 | 88.73% |
| 2012 | 88.55% |
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.