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United States: Forest area (% of land area)

33.78percent · 2024-0.3% 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 United States from 1990 to 2024.

19902024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202433.776
202333.784
202233.792
202133.8
202033.808
201933.826
201833.845
201733.863
201633.881
201533.9
201433.87
201333.84
201233.81
201133.779
201033.749
200933.693
200833.636
200733.526
200633.47
200533.413
200433.357
200333.3
200233.243
200133.187
200033.13
199933.129
199833.117
199733.105
199633.093
199533.082
199433.07
199333.058
199233.046
199133.034
199033.022

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 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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