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Malaysia: Forest area (% of land area)

57.66percent · 2024-2.1% 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 Malaysia from 1990 to 2024.

19902024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202457.662
202357.844
202258.027
202158.21
202058.392
201958.562
201858.732
201758.903
201659.073
201559.243
201458.928
201358.614
201258.299
201157.985
201057.671
200957.897
200858.123
200758.35
200658.576
200558.802
200459.029
200359.255
200259.481
200159.708
200059.934
199960.216
199860.498
199760.781
199661.063
199561.345
199461.627
199361.909
199262.192
199162.474
199062.756

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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