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China: Forest area (% of land area)

24.02percent · 2024+8.2% 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 China from 1990 to 2024.

19902024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202424.024
202323.852
202223.681
202123.509
202023.338
201923.15
201822.962
201722.775
201622.587
201522.4
201422.194
201321.987
201221.781
201121.575
201021.368
200921.117
200820.865
200720.614
200620.362
200520.111
200419.859
200319.608
200219.356
200119.105
200018.853
199918.642
199818.43
199718.219
199618.007
199517.796
199417.584
199317.373
199217.161
199116.95
199016.738

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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