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Korea, Republic of: Forest area (sq. km)

62,791sq km · 2025-0.9% since 2015

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. Annual figures for Korea, Republic of from 1990 to 2025.

19902025

Every year

YearValue (sq km)Note
202562,791.3
202462,829
202362,866.8
202262,904.5
202162,942.3
202062,980
201963,058
201863,136
201763,214
201663,292
201563,370
201463,470
201363,570
201263,670
201163,770
201063,870
200963,959
200864,048
200764,137
200664,226
200564,315
200464,404
200364,493
200264,582
200164,671
200064,760
199964,835
199864,910
199764,985
199665,060
199565,135
199465,210
199365,285
199265,360
199165,435
199065,510

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 (sq. km). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-forest-area (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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