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Nepal: Forest area (% of land area)

43.60percent · 2024+2.5% 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 Nepal from 1990 to 2024.

19902024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202443.597
202343.482
202243.366
202143.25
202043.135
201943.019
201842.903
201742.788
201642.672
201542.556
201442.532
201342.507
201242.483
201142.459
201042.434
200942.317
200842.201
200742.084
200641.967
200541.85
200441.733
200341.617
200241.5
200141.383
200041.266
199941.25
199841.133
199741.016
199640.899
199540.782
199440.665
199340.548
199240.431
199140.314
199040.197

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by Food and Agriculture Organization. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-05.

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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 2026-11-05.

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