Variable: Forest area (% of land area)

QoG Code: (wdi_forest)


Dataset: World Development Indicators

Description:

Forest area is land under natural or planted stands of trees of at least 5 meters in situ, whether productive or not, and excludes tree stands in agricultural production systems (for example, in fruit plantations and agroforestry systems) and trees in urban parks and gardens.

Type of variable: Continuous

Downloaded by QoG on: 2025-12-19
Last updated by source: 2025-12-19


Categories:

Environment


Find this variable in:

Basic Cross-section - 2026 Basic Time-series - 2026 OECD Cross-section - 2026 OECD Time-series - 2026 Standard Cross-section - 2026 Standard Time-series - 2026 Original Dataset

Details of this variable in our compilations datasets
Dataset No. Countries
Basic cross-section: 192
Basic time-series: 191
Standard cross-section: 192
Standard time-series: 191
OECD cross-section: 32
OECD time-series: 32

Dataset Available for years:
Standard time-series: 1990-2023
Basic time-series: 1990-2023
OECD time-series: 1990-2023

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This variable has information from the year 1990 to the year 2023