Forest area, agricultural land and arable land by country, 2000-2024

Forest cover (% and sq. km), agricultural land share and arable land share for 217 economies, 2000-2024.

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1	Forest area, agricultural land and arable land by country, 2000-2024
2	Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (AG.LND.FRST.ZS, AG.LND.FRST.K2, AG.LND.AGRI.ZS, AG.LND.ARBL.ZS; FAO) · Retrieved 2026-10-13 · License: CC BY 4.0
3	Forest area (% of land and sq. km), agricultural land (% of land) and arable land (% of land) from FAO / World Bank WDI.
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5	WORLD FOREST SHARE, 2023 (%)	WORLD FOREST AREA, 2023 (M KM²)				WORLD AGRICULTURAL LAND, 2023 (%)		WORLD ARABLE LAND, 2023 (%)
6	31.1	40.35				36.9		10.7
7	2023, World Bank WLD aggregate	2023, World Bank WLD aggregate				2023, World Bank WLD aggregate		2023, World Bank WLD aggregate
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9	Regions and income groups, 2023: forest share (%), forest area (M km²), agricultural and arable land (%)
10	World, region or income group	Code	Forest (% land)	Forest area (M km²)	Forest share bar (scale 0 to 60%)		Agri land (%)	Arable land (%)	Forest 2000 (%)	Change (pts)
11	World	WLD	31.1	40.35	███████████████		36.9	10.7	32.4	-1.3
12	East Asia & Pacific	EAS	27.3	6.66	█████████████		46.8	8.7	26.0	1.2
13	Europe & Central Asia	ECS	38.6	10.59	██████████████████		29.1	12.3	37.9	0.7
14	Latin America & Caribbean	LCN	46.1	9.25	██████████████████████		32.9	7.5	50.7	-4.5
15	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	MEA	2.2	0.28	█		35.4	7.2	2.1	0.1
16	North America	NAC	36.6	6.57	█████████████████		26.7	10.6	35.9	0.7

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	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	J	K	L
1	Forest area (% of land area), 2000-2024
2	Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (AG.LND.FRST.ZS; FAO) · Retrieved 2026-10-13 · License: CC BY 4.0
3	Country	ISO3	Region	Income group	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
4	Afghanistan	AFG	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9
5	Albania	ALB	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income	28.1	28.1	28.2	28.2	28.3	28.3	28.4	28.4
6	Algeria	DZA	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7
7	American Samoa	ASM	East Asia & Pacific	High income	88.7	87.9	87.1	86.4	85.6	84.8	84.1	83.3
8	Andorra	AND	Europe & Central Asia	High income	36.8	37.0	37.1	37.3	37.5	37.6	37.8	38.0
9	Angola	AGO	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income	61.0	60.6	60.2	59.7	59.3	58.9	58.5	58.1
10	Antigua and Barbuda	ATG	Latin America & Caribbean	High income	21.5	21.3	21.2	21.0	20.9	20.7	20.6	20.4
11	Argentina	ARG	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income	19.5	19.4	19.3	19.1	19.0	18.8	18.7	18.6
12	Armenia	ARM	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7
13	Aruba	ABW	Latin America & Caribbean	High income	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7
14	Australia	AUS	East Asia & Pacific	High income	17.3	17.3	17.3	17.2	17.2	17.2	17.2	17.1
15	Austria	AUT	Europe & Central Asia	High income	46.5	46.5	46.6	46.6	46.6	46.7	46.7	46.7
16	Azerbaijan	AZE	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income	12.0	12.0	12.1	12.1	12.2	12.2	12.3	12.3

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	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	J	K	L
1	Forest area (sq. km), 2000-2024
2	Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (AG.LND.FRST.K2; FAO) · Retrieved 2026-10-13 · License: CC BY 4.0
3	Country	ISO3	Region	Income group	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
4	Afghanistan	AFG	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income	12,094	12,094	12,094	12,094	12,094	12,094	12,094	12,094
5	Albania	ALB	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income	7,693	7,706	7,719	7,731	7,744	7,757	7,770	7,782
6	Algeria	DZA	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income	17,082	17,076	17,069	17,062	17,055	17,049	17,042	17,035
7	American Samoa	ASM	East Asia & Pacific	High income	177	176	174	173	171	170	168	167
8	Andorra	AND	Europe & Central Asia	High income	173	174	175	175	176	177	178	178
9	Angola	AGO	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income	760,131	755,031	749,930	744,830	739,730	734,629	729,529	724,429
10	Antigua and Barbuda	ATG	Latin America & Caribbean	High income	95	94	93	93	92	91	91	90
11	Argentina	ARG	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income	534,422	530,707	526,993	523,278	519,563	515,848	512,134	508,419
12	Armenia	ARM	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income	3,326	3,326	3,326	3,325	3,325	3,325	3,324	3,324
13	Aruba	ABW	Latin America & Caribbean	High income	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
14	Australia	AUS	East Asia & Pacific	High income	1,329,073	1,327,337	1,325,601	1,323,865	1,322,128	1,320,392	1,318,656	1,316,920
15	Austria	AUT	Europe & Central Asia	High income	38,381	38,405	38,428	38,452	38,475	38,499	38,522	38,546
16	Azerbaijan	AZE	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income	9,872	9,918	9,963	10,008	10,053	10,099	10,144	10,189

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1	Agricultural land (% of land area), 2000-2024
2	Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (AG.LND.AGRI.ZS; FAO) · Retrieved 2026-10-13 · License: CC BY 4.0
3	Country	ISO3	Region	Income group	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
4	Afghanistan	AFG	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income	57.9	57.9	57.9	58.1	58.1	58.1	58.1	58.1
5	Albania	ALB	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income	41.8	41.6	41.6	40.9	40.9	39.3	40.9	40.8
6	Algeria	DZA	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income	16.8	16.8	16.7	16.8	17.3	17.3	17.3	17.3
7	American Samoa	ASM	East Asia & Pacific	High income	20.1	20.1	20.1	20.1	20.1	20.1	20.1	20.1
8	Andorra	AND	Europe & Central Asia	High income	48.9	48.4	48.6	48.6	48.5	46.4	46.3	44.2
9	Angola	AGO	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income	35.6	35.5	35.5	35.5	35.4	35.3	35.3	35.3
10	Antigua and Barbuda	ATG	Latin America & Caribbean	High income	21.1	21.1	21.1	21.1	21.1	21.1	21.1	21.1
11	Argentina	ARG	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income	47.0	47.0	47.0	47.2	47.3	47.5	47.6	47.5
12	Armenia	ARM	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income	46.5	46.6	48.9	50.7	52.9	56.4	61.7	61.5
13	Aruba	ABW	Latin America & Caribbean	High income	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1
14	Australia	AUS	East Asia & Pacific	High income	59.3	59.3	58.2	57.2	51.4	53.4	53.3	51.9
15	Austria	AUT	Europe & Central Asia	High income	35.6	35.3	35.2	35.0	34.7	34.6	34.5	34.3
16	Azerbaijan	AZE	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income	57.4	57.5	57.4	57.5	57.5	57.6	57.6	57.6

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	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	J	K	L
1	Arable land (% of land area), 2000-2024
2	Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (AG.LND.ARBL.ZS; FAO) · Retrieved 2026-10-13 · License: CC BY 4.0
3	Country	ISO3	Region	Income group	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
4	Afghanistan	AFG	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.9	12.0	12.0	11.9	11.9
5	Albania	ALB	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income	21.1	21.1	21.1	21.1	21.1	19.6	21.3	21.1
6	Algeria	DZA	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.1	3.2	3.1	3.1
7	American Samoa	ASM	East Asia & Pacific	High income	16.0	16.0	16.0	16.0	16.0	16.0	16.0	16.0
8	Andorra	AND	Europe & Central Asia	High income	2.1	1.6	1.8	1.8	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.6
9	Angola	AGO	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income	2.4	2.4	2.5	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.7
10	Antigua and Barbuda	ATG	Latin America & Caribbean	High income	9.1	9.1	9.1	9.1	9.1	9.1	9.1	9.1
11	Argentina	ARG	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income	10.1	10.1	10.2	10.9	11.6	12.3	13.0	13.5
12	Armenia	ARM	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income	15.8	16.0	16.0	16.0	16.0	16.0	15.9	15.9
13	Aruba	ABW	Latin America & Caribbean	High income	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1
14	Australia	AUS	East Asia & Pacific	High income	3.1	3.2	3.1	3.0	3.4	3.4	3.2	3.0
15	Austria	AUT	Europe & Central Asia	High income	17.0	16.8	16.8	16.7	16.7	16.7	16.7	16.7
16	Azerbaijan	AZE	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income	22.1	22.2	22.2	22.2	22.3	22.3	22.3	22.4

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1	Latest published forest area, agricultural land and arable land by country (through 2024)
2	Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (AG.LND.FRST.ZS, AG.LND.FRST.K2, AG.LND.AGRI.ZS, AG.LND.ARBL.ZS; FAO) · Retrieved 2026-10-13 · License: CC BY 4.0
3	Country	ISO3	Region	Income group	Forest share: latest year	Forest share (% of land)	Forest area: latest year	Forest area (km²)	Share of world forest area	Agricultural land: latest year	Agricultural land (% of land)	Arable land: latest year
4	Afghanistan	AFG	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income	2024	1.9	2024	12,094	0.03%	2024	58.4	2024
5	Albania	ALB	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income	2024	34.3	2024	9,410	0.02%	2024	41.1	2024
6	Algeria	DZA	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income	2024	0.7	2024	16,920	0.04%	2024	17.3	2024
7	American Samoa	ASM	East Asia & Pacific	High income	2024	79.6	2024	159	0.00%	2024	13.6	2024
8	Andorra	AND	Europe & Central Asia	High income	2024	38.9	2024	182	0.00%	2024	41.9	2024
9	Angola	AGO	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income	2024	51.2	2024	637,724	1.54%	2024	36.3	2024
10	Antigua and Barbuda	ATG	Latin America & Caribbean	High income	2024	17.9	2024	79	0.00%	2024	21.1	2024
11	Argentina	ARG	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income	2024	17.1	2024	467,775	1.13%	2024	29.5	2024
12	Armenia	ARM	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income	2024	11.8	2024	3,341	0.01%	2024	59.4	2024
13	Aruba	ABW	Latin America & Caribbean	High income	2024	2.7	2024	5	0.00%	2024	11.1	2024
14	Australia	AUS	East Asia & Pacific	High income	2024	17.4	2024	1,335,075	3.23%	2024	47.3	2024
15	Austria	AUT	Europe & Central Asia	High income	2024	47.3	2024	39,011	0.09%	2024	31.1	2024
16	Azerbaijan	AZE	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income	2024	14.6	2024	12,032	0.03%	2024	57.8	2024

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1	World Bank regional, income-group and world aggregates
2	Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (AG.LND.FRST.ZS, AG.LND.FRST.K2, AG.LND.AGRI.ZS, AG.LND.ARBL.ZS; FAO) · Retrieved 2026-10-13 · License: CC BY 4.0
3	Aggregate	Code	Type	Indicator	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
4	World	WLD	World	Forest area (% of land area) (AG.LND.FRST.ZS)	32.4	32.3	32.3	32.3	32.2	32.1	32.1	32.1
5	East Asia & Pacific	EAS	Region	Forest area (% of land area) (AG.LND.FRST.ZS)	26.0	26.1	26.2	26.2	26.3	26.4	26.4	26.5
6	Europe & Central Asia	ECS	Region	Forest area (% of land area) (AG.LND.FRST.ZS)	37.9	37.9	38.0	38.0	38.1	38.1	38.1	38.2
7	Latin America & Caribbean	LCN	Region	Forest area (% of land area) (AG.LND.FRST.ZS)	50.7	50.4	50.1	49.8	49.6	49.3	49.0	48.7
8	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	MEA	Region	Forest area (% of land area) (AG.LND.FRST.ZS)	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2
9	North America	NAC	Region	Forest area (% of land area) (AG.LND.FRST.ZS)	35.9	36.0	36.0	36.0	36.0	36.1	36.1	36.1
10	South Asia	SAS	Region	Forest area (% of land area) (AG.LND.FRST.ZS)	23.9	24.0	24.0	24.1	24.2	24.2	24.3	24.4
11	Sub-Saharan Africa	SSF	Region	Forest area (% of land area) (AG.LND.FRST.ZS)	31.6	31.5	31.3	31.2	30.8	30.7	30.5	30.4
12	High income	HIC	Income group	Forest area (% of land area) (AG.LND.FRST.ZS)	35.6	35.6	35.7	35.7	35.7	35.7	35.8	35.8
13	Upper middle income	UMC	Income group	Forest area (% of land area) (AG.LND.FRST.ZS)	30.1	30.1	30.0	30.0	29.9	29.8	29.8	29.7
14	Lower middle income	LMC	Income group	Forest area (% of land area) (AG.LND.FRST.ZS)	33.2	33.1	33.0	32.9	32.7	32.6	32.5	32.4
15	Low income	LIC	Income group	Forest area (% of land area) (AG.LND.FRST.ZS)	25.4	25.2	25.1	25.0	24.6	24.5	24.3	24.2
16	World	WLD	World	Forest area (sq. km) (AG.LND.FRST.K2)	41,169,443	41,119,047	41,068,650	41,018,253	40,967,856	40,917,459	40,900,647	40,850,704

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	A	B
1	About this dataset
2	Source: World Bank WDI (FAO) · Retrieved 2026-10-13 · License: CC BY 4.0
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4	What this workbook is
5	Summary	Annual forest area (% of land area and sq. km), agricultural land (% of land area) and arable land (% of land area) for 217 World Bank-listed economies, 2000-2024, from the FAO series published in the World Bank WDI.
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7	Tabs
8	Dashboard	World KPIs for 2024, regional forest and agricultural land comparisons with bars, and the top 15 countries by total forest area.
9	Forest share (%)	Forest area as a percentage of total land area (AG.LND.FRST.ZS), 2000-2024.
10	Forest area (km²)	Forest area in square kilometers (AG.LND.FRST.K2), 2000-2024.
11	Agricultural land (%)	Agricultural land as a percentage of total land area (AG.LND.AGRI.ZS), 2000-2024.
12	Arable land (%)	Arable land as a percentage of total land area (AG.LND.ARBL.ZS), 2000-2024.
13	Latest year	Latest published year and value of each series per country, share of world forest area formula, bar column and sort key.
14	Regions & income groups	World Bank aggregate series for the world, seven regions and four income groups.
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16	Sources and license

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What does this dataset do?

This workbook gathers four land-use indicators from the World Bank's World Development Indicators (sourced from the FAO) for 217 countries and territories from 2000 to 2024: forest area as a percentage of land area, total forest area in square kilometers, agricultural land as a percentage of land area, and arable land as a percentage of land area.

The Latest year tab retrieves each country's most recent published value for all four indicators by formula, computes each country's share of total world forest area, and draws an in-cell forest-cover bar. The Dashboard compares World Bank regions and income groups since 2000 and ranks the 15 countries with the largest forest area in square kilometers.

Every figure is the World Bank's published value, unmodified. Blank cells mark years or territories without a published figure. The About tab lists the indicator codes, FAO definitions and CC BY 4.0 credit line.

What’s inside

217 countries and territories, 2000-2024, with ISO3 code, region and income group
Four WDI / FAO land-use indicators: AG.LND.FRST.ZS, AG.LND.FRST.K2, AG.LND.AGRI.ZS, AG.LND.ARBL.ZS
Dashboard with global land-use KPIs, regional forest change since 2000 and a top-15 forest area ranking
Latest year tab with share-of-world-forest formula and forest cover bars
World Bank aggregates for the world, 7 regions and 4 income groups
CC BY 4.0 license with full definitions and credit line on the About tab

Which tabs does the workbook have?

Tab	What it holds
Dashboard	World land-use KPIs for 2024, regional comparisons with bars and the top 15 countries by forest area.
Forest share (%)	Forest area as % of total land area, 2000-2024.
Forest area (km²)	Total forest area in square kilometers, 2000-2024.
Agricultural land (%)	Agricultural land as % of total land area, 2000-2024.
Arable land (%)	Arable land as % of total land area, 2000-2024.
Latest year	Latest published year and value of each series per country, share of world forest area and bar.
Regions & income groups	World Bank aggregates for the world, seven regions and four income groups.
About	FAO definitions, indicator codes, CC BY 4.0 license and credit line.

What formulas does this dataset use?

This dataset holds 1,757 formulas in 29,432 cells across 8 tabs, so 6% of its cells calculate. They use 13 distinct functions; the longest formula is 107 characters and 1,067 of them read from another tab.

Function	Uses	What it does
`IF`	1,654	one result when a test is true, another when false
`INDEX`	1,033	value at a position in a range
`MATCH`	883	position of a value in a range
`ISNUMBER`	458	true for a number
`MAX`	244	largest value
`MIN`	244	smallest value
`OR`	244	true when any test is true
`REPT`	244	repeats text
`ROUND`	244	rounds to a number of digits
`COUNTIF`	217	counts cells meeting one condition
`SUM`	217	adds numbers
`LARGE`	15	nth largest value

The 12 most used of 13 functions. Counted from the workbook itself. Only functions that Excel, LibreOffice Calc, Google Sheets and Apple Numbers evaluate the same way are used, so the formulas survive every download format.

How do you use it?

Open the Dashboard for global forest and agricultural shares, regional trends since 2000 and the 15 largest forest holders.
Open any indicator tab to trace one country's land-use series across a row or compare countries down a year column.
Use the Latest year tab to compare forest share, total forest area, agricultural share and arable share side by side.
Filter by World Bank region or income group using the header drop-downs.
Copy the credit line from the About tab when publishing maps, charts or tables.

What do the columns and units mean?

Column	Unit	Meaning
Country / ISO3 / Region / Income group	text / code	World Bank country name, three-letter code, region and income classification.
Forest share (2000-2024)	% of land area	Forest area as a percentage of total land area (AG.LND.FRST.ZS).
Forest area (2000-2024)	km²	Forest area in square kilometers (AG.LND.FRST.K2).
Agricultural land (2000-2024)	% of land area	Agricultural land share of total land area (AG.LND.AGRI.ZS).
Arable land (2000-2024)	% of land area	Arable land share of total land area (AG.LND.ARBL.ZS).
Share of world forest area	% of world total	Formula on Latest year tab: country's latest forest area divided by World Bank world forest area for the same year.

Where does the data come from?

World Bank, World Development Indicators (original source: FAO), licensed CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 13 Oct 2026.

Cite as: World Bank, World Development Indicators (AG.LND.FRST.ZS, AG.LND.FRST.K2, AG.LND.AGRI.ZS, AG.LND.ARBL.ZS; original source Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations), database last updated 2026-10-08; retrieved 2026-10-13 from https://api.worldbank.org/v2/. Licensed CC BY 4.0.

Underlying source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), FAOSTAT and Global Forest Resources Assessment. Values are unmodified.

What is it good for?

Comparing forest cover and deforestation trends since 2000 across countries
Ranking countries by total forest area in square kilometers or share of world forests
Comparing agricultural land and arable cropland shares across regions
Joining land-use indicators to country area, population and water withdrawal datasets on ISO3 codes
Building land-cover reference tables for environmental and geography courses

Questions about this sheet

What is the difference between agricultural land and arable land?

Agricultural land includes arable land (temporary crops, meadows and market gardens), land under permanent crops (such as orchards, cocoa and coffee), and permanent pastures. Arable land is only the temporary-crop and temporary-fallow component.

Can forest share plus agricultural land exceed 100 percent?

Occasionally in national reporting where agroforestry or wooded grazing land is counted in both categories, though in most countries the remaining share of land area consists of built-up land, barren land, glaciers and shrubland.

Why are some cells blank?

The World Bank publishes no value for that economy and year, and this workbook does not interpolate or estimate missing values.

Can I use this dataset commercially?

Yes. The World Bank publishes these WDI series under CC BY 4.0, allowing commercial reuse and adaptation with credit.