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.
| 1990 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 17.4 | 17.2 | 17.0 | 16.9 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 17.1 | 17.2 | 17.3 | 17.4 | 17.4 | 17.4 | 17.4 | 17.4 | 17.4 | 17.4 |
| Brunei Darussalam | 78.4 | 75.3 | 73.7 | 72.1 | 72.1 | 72.1 | 72.1 | 72.1 | 72.1 | 72.1 | 72.1 | 72.1 | 72.1 | 72.1 | 72.1 | 72.1 |
| Cambodia | 62.3 | 61.1 | 60.5 | 60.0 | 58.0 | 56.0 | 54.1 | 52.1 | 50.1 | 49.2 | 48.4 | 47.5 | 46.6 | 45.7 | 44.8 | 43.9 |
| China | 16.7 | 18.9 | 20.1 | 21.4 | 21.6 | 21.8 | 22.0 | 22.2 | 22.4 | 22.6 | 22.8 | 23.0 | 23.2 | 23.4 | 23.6 | 23.8 |
| Fiji | 51.4 | 55.1 | 56.9 | 58.7 | 59.1 | 59.5 | 59.8 | 60.2 | 60.6 | 60.9 | 61.3 | 61.7 | 62.0 | 62.4 | 62.8 | 63.1 |
| Indonesia | 65.4 | 53.9 | 53.5 | 53.1 | 52.6 | 52.1 | 51.6 | 51.1 | 50.6 | 50.7 | 50.0 | 49.7 | 49.4 | 49.1 | 48.4 | 48.0 |
| Japan | 68.4 | 68.2 | 68.4 | 68.5 | 68.5 | 68.5 | 68.5 | 68.4 | 68.4 | 68.4 | 68.4 | 68.4 | 68.4 | 68.4 | 68.4 | 68.4 |
| Kiribati | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| Korea, Rep. | 67.9 | 67.1 | 66.4 | 65.7 | 65.6 | 65.4 | 65.2 | 65.1 | 65.0 | 64.9 | 64.8 | 64.7 | 64.5 | 64.4 | 64.3 | 64.2 |
| Lao PDR | 77.3 | 75.5 | 74.4 | 73.4 | 73.2 | 73.1 | 73.0 | 72.8 | 72.7 | 72.5 | 72.4 | 72.2 | 72.1 | 71.9 | 71.8 | 71.6 |
| Malaysia | 62.8 | 59.9 | 58.8 | 57.7 | 58.0 | 58.3 | 58.6 | 58.9 | 59.2 | 58.8 | 58.6 | 58.5 | 58.3 | 58.2 | 58.0 | 57.9 |
| Marshall Islands | 52.2 | 52.2 | 52.2 | 52.2 | 52.2 | 52.2 | 52.2 | 52.2 | 52.2 | 52.2 | 52.2 | 52.2 | 52.2 | 52.2 | 52.2 | |
| Micronesia, Fed. Sts. | 91.2 | 91.4 | 91.6 | 91.7 | 91.7 | 91.7 | 91.8 | 91.8 | 91.9 | 91.9 | 91.9 | 92.0 | 92.0 | 92.1 | 92.1 | |
| Mongolia | 9.3 | 9.2 | 9.2 | 9.1 | 9.1 | 9.1 | 9.1 | 9.1 | 9.1 | 9.1 | 9.1 | 9.1 | 9.1 | 9.1 | 9.1 | 9.1 |
| Myanmar | 60.0 | 53.4 | 50.7 | 48.1 | 47.7 | 47.3 | 46.8 | 46.4 | 45.9 | 45.5 | 45.1 | 44.6 | 44.2 | 43.7 | 43.3 | 42.8 |
| Nauru | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| New Zealand | 35.6 | 37.4 | 37.4 | 37.4 | 37.4 | 37.4 | 37.4 | 37.4 | 37.4 | 37.4 | 37.4 | 37.4 | 37.5 | 37.6 | 37.6 | 37.7 |
| Palau | 86.0 | 87.1 | 88.2 | 88.4 | 88.5 | 88.7 | 88.9 | 89.1 | 89.3 | 89.5 | 89.7 | 89.8 | 90.0 | 90.2 | 90.4 | |
| Papua New Guinea | 80.4 | 80.1 | 80.0 | 79.9 | 79.8 | 79.8 | 79.7 | 79.6 | 79.5 | 79.5 | 79.4 | 79.3 | 79.3 | 79.2 | 79.1 | 79.0 |
| Philippines | 26.1 | 24.5 | 23.7 | 22.9 | 23.1 | 23.2 | 23.3 | 23.4 | 23.5 | 23.6 | 23.8 | 23.9 | 24.0 | 24.1 | 24.2 | 24.3 |
| Samoa | 62.2 | 60.5 | 59.7 | 58.8 | 58.7 | 58.5 | 58.3 | 58.1 | 58.0 | 57.8 | 58.7 | 58.5 | 58.3 | 58.2 | 58.0 | 57.8 |
| Singapore | 22.1 | 25.4 | 25.2 | 25.3 | 24.8 | 24.4 | 24.0 | 23.6 | 23.2 | 23.0 | 22.6 | 22.3 | 22.0 | 21.7 | 21.4 | 21.2 |
| Solomon Islands | 90.9 | 90.7 | 90.5 | 90.4 | 90.4 | 90.3 | 90.3 | 90.3 | 90.3 | 90.2 | 90.2 | 90.2 | 90.2 | 90.1 | 90.1 | 90.1 |
| Thailand | 37.9 | 37.2 | 38.2 | 39.3 | 39.3 | 39.3 | 39.3 | 39.3 | 39.3 | 39.2 | 39.1 | 39.0 | 39.0 | 38.9 | 38.8 | 38.8 |
| Timor-Leste | 64.8 | 63.8 | 63.4 | 62.9 | 62.8 | 62.7 | 62.6 | 62.5 | 62.4 | 62.3 | 62.2 | 62.1 | 62.0 | 61.9 | 61.8 | 61.8 |
| Tonga | 12.4 | 12.4 | 12.4 | 12.4 | 12.4 | 12.4 | 12.4 | 12.4 | 12.4 | 12.4 | 12.4 | 12.4 | 12.4 | 12.4 | 12.4 | 12.4 |
| Tuvalu | 33.3 | 33.3 | 33.3 | 33.3 | 33.3 | 33.3 | 33.3 | 33.3 | 33.3 | 33.3 | 33.3 | 33.3 | 33.3 | 33.3 | 33.3 | 33.3 |
| Vanuatu | 36.3 | 36.3 | 36.3 | 36.3 | 36.3 | 36.3 | 36.3 | 36.3 | 36.3 | 36.3 | 36.3 | 36.3 | 36.3 | 36.3 | 36.3 | 36.3 |
| Vietnam | 28.8 | 37.9 | 40.2 | 42.7 | 43.2 | 43.6 | 44.1 | 44.4 | 44.9 | 45.9 | 46.0 | 46.2 | 46.5 | 46.7 | 47.0 | 47.2 |
| Armenia | 11.7 | 11.6 | 11.6 | 11.6 | 11.6 | 11.6 | 11.6 | 11.6 | 11.6 | 11.6 | 11.6 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 11.5 | |
| Azerbaijan | 12.0 | 12.2 | 12.5 | 12.6 | 12.7 | 12.8 | 12.9 | 13.0 | 13.2 | 13.3 | 13.4 | 13.6 | 13.7 | 13.8 | 14.0 | |
| Georgia | 39.7 | 40.2 | 40.6 | 40.6 | 40.6 | 40.6 | 40.6 | 40.6 | 40.6 | 40.6 | 40.6 | 40.6 | 40.6 | 40.6 | 40.6 | |
| Kazakhstan | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 | |
| Kyrgyz Republic | 6.2 | 6.3 | 6.4 | 6.4 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 6.6 | 6.7 | 6.8 | 6.9 | 7.0 | 7.0 | |
| Tajikistan | 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.1 | |
| Turkmenistan | 8.8 | 8.8 | 8.8 | 8.8 | 8.8 | 8.8 | 8.8 | 8.8 | 8.8 | 8.8 | 8.8 | 8.8 | 8.8 | 8.8 | 8.8 | |
| Uzbekistan | 6.8 | 7.2 | 7.7 | 7.8 | 7.9 | 8.0 | 8.1 | 8.1 | 8.1 | 8.2 | 8.3 | 8.3 | 8.4 | 8.4 | 8.5 | |
| Afghanistan | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.9 |
| Bangladesh | 14.8 | 14.8 | 14.6 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 14.5 |
| Bhutan | 53.7 | 65.5 | 69.7 | 71.0 | 71.0 | 71.1 | 71.1 | 71.2 | 71.2 | 71.2 | 71.3 | 71.3 | 71.4 | 71.4 | 71.5 | 71.6 |
| India | 21.5 | 22.7 | 23.1 | 23.4 | 23.5 | 23.6 | 23.6 | 23.7 | 23.8 | 23.9 | 24.0 | 24.1 | 24.2 | 24.3 | 24.4 | 24.4 |
| Maldives | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.7 |
| Nepal | 39.7 | 40.3 | 41.0 | 41.6 | 41.6 | 41.6 | 41.6 | 41.6 | 41.6 | 41.6 | 41.6 | 41.6 | 41.6 | 41.6 | 41.6 | 41.6 |
| Pakistan | 6.5 | 5.9 | 5.6 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.7 |
| Sri Lanka | 37.5 | 34.5 | 34.0 | 33.5 | 33.6 | 33.7 | 33.8 | 33.9 | 34.4 | 34.3 | 34.3 | 34.3 | 34.2 | 34.2 | 34.1 | 34.1 |