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Timor-Leste — Forest area
Forest Area (% of Land Area) for Timor-Leste, 1990–2023.
Latest value · 2023
61.66%
Forest Area (% of Land Area) · % of land area · -4.8% since 1990
Forest area for Timor-Leste was 61.66% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 34 years, from 1990 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 64.77% in 1990. Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.15% per year.
Timor-Leste ranks 24 of 214 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 11%. The median for East Asia & Pacific is 47.72%, so Timor-Leste sits above it. It peaked in 1990 and has fallen 5% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved down 2%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
61.66%
First (1990)
64.77%
Change
-4.8%
Highest
64.77%
in 1990
Lowest
61.66%
in 2023
Average
63.22%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.15%
Years of data
34
Recent years
| Year | % of land area |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 61.66% |
| 2022 | 61.76% |
| 2021 | 61.85% |
| 2020 | 61.94% |
| 2019 | 62.04% |
| 2018 | 62.13% |
| 2017 | 62.25% |
| 2016 | 62.32% |
| 2015 | 62.41% |
| 2014 | 62.51% |
| 2013 | 62.6% |
| 2012 | 62.7% |
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.