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Sri Lanka: Forest area (% of land area)

34.36percent · 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 Sri Lanka from 1990 to 2024.

19902024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202434.362
202334.442
202234.522
202134.602
202034.682
201934.527
201834.375
201734.206
201634.054
201533.901
201433.644
201333.828
201234.012
201134.196
201034.38
200934.5
200834.62
200734.739
200634.859
200534.979
200435.099
200335.219
200235.339
200135.459
200035.579
199935.8
199836.021
199736.243
199636.464
199536.685
199436.907
199337.128
199237.349
199137.571
199037.792

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by Food and Agriculture Organization. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-08.

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World Bank (2026). Forest area (% of land area). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-forest-area-zs (accessed 2026-11-14). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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