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Singapore — Forest area
Forest Area (% of Land Area) for Singapore, 1990–2023.
Latest value · 2023
20.93%
Forest Area (% of Land Area) · % of land area · -5.4% since 1990
Forest area for Singapore was 20.93% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 34 years, from 1990 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 25.50% in 2001. Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.17% per year.
Singapore ranks 132 of 214 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 62%. The median for East Asia & Pacific is 47.72%, so Singapore sits below it. It peaked in 2001 and has fallen 18% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved down 13%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
20.93%
First (1990)
22.13%
Change
-5.4%
Highest
25.50%
in 2001
Lowest
20.93%
in 2023
Average
23.79%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.17%
Years of data
34
Recent years
| Year | % of land area |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 20.93% |
| 2022 | 21.18% |
| 2021 | 21.43% |
| 2020 | 21.69% |
| 2019 | 22% |
| 2018 | 22.31% |
| 2017 | 22.63% |
| 2016 | 22.97% |
| 2015 | 23.23% |
| 2014 | 23.59% |
| 2013 | 24.02% |
| 2012 | 24.41% |
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.