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Australia: Forest area (% of land area)

17.37percent · 2024+0.9% since 2014

Forest area (% of land area) is the share of total land area that is 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. Annual figures for Australia from 1990 to 2024.

19902024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202417.365
202317.35
202217.343
202117.336
202017.328
201917.308
201817.288
201717.267
201617.247
201517.248
201417.214
201317.179
201217.144
201117.109
201017.074
200917.097
200817.12
200717.142
200617.165
200517.187
200417.21
200317.233
200217.255
200117.278
200017.3
199917.322
199817.344
199717.366
199617.387
199517.409
199417.431
199317.452
199217.474
199117.496
199017.517

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by Food and Agriculture Organization. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Forest area (% of land area). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-forest-area-zs (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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