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Thailand — Forest area
Forest Area (% of Land Area) for Thailand, 1990–2023.
Latest value · 2023
38.69%
Forest Area (% of Land Area) · % of land area · +2.1% since 1990
Forest area for Thailand was 38.69% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 34 years, from 1990 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 39.29% in 2010. The lowest was 37.19% in 2000 (about 1.0× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.06% per year.
Thailand ranks 79 of 214 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 37%. The median for East Asia & Pacific is 47.72%, so Thailand sits below it. It peaked in 2010 and has fallen 2% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved down 1%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
38.69%
First (1990)
37.90%
Change
+2.1%
Highest
39.29%
in 2010
Lowest
37.19%
in 2000
Average
38.36%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.06%
Years of data
34
Recent years
| Year | % of land area |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 38.69% |
| 2022 | 38.76% |
| 2021 | 38.83% |
| 2020 | 38.9% |
| 2019 | 38.97% |
| 2018 | 39.04% |
| 2017 | 39.11% |
| 2016 | 39.18% |
| 2015 | 39.27% |
| 2014 | 39.27% |
| 2013 | 39.28% |
| 2012 | 39.28% |
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.