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Japan: Forest area (% of land area)

68.34percent · 2024-0.2% 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 Japan from 1990 to 2024.

19902024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202468.341
202368.347
202268.353
202168.359
202068.365
201968.379
201868.392
201768.406
201668.42
201568.433
201468.446
201368.458
201268.47
201168.482
201068.494
200968.469
200868.444
200768.42
200668.395
200568.37
200468.346
200368.321
200268.296
200168.272
200068.247
199968.267
199868.288
199768.308
199668.328
199568.33
199468.35
199368.37
199268.391
199168.411
199068.431

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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