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Forest area (% of land area)
Bangladesh · 1990–2024 · Source: FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Latest (2024)14.4% of land area
Earliest (1990)15.25
Change since 1990−0.85
About this data
What you should know
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.
- Source
- FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), via World Bank WDI (AG.LND.FRST.ZS)
- Data updated
- October 19, 2026 · refreshed monthly
- Date range
- 1990–2024 (35 data points)
- Unit
- % of land area
- World Bank code
AG.LND.FRST.ZS- Licence
- CC BY 4.0
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How to cite this data
FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), via World Bank WDI (AG.LND.FRST.ZS). Processed by DEEPLAB, https://de3plab.org/data-forest-area (data updated October 19, 2026).
Show the data table
| Year | % of land area |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 14.4 |
| 2023 | 14.41 |
| 2022 | 14.41 |
| 2021 | 14.42 |
| 2020 | 14.43 |
| 2019 | 14.44 |
| 2018 | 14.45 |
| 2017 | 14.45 |
| 2016 | 14.46 |
| 2015 | 14.47 |
| 2014 | 14.48 |
| 2013 | 14.48 |
| 2012 | 14.49 |
| 2011 | 14.5 |
| 2010 | 14.51 |
| 2009 | 14.53 |
| 2008 | 14.56 |
| 2007 | 14.58 |
| 2006 | 14.6 |
| 2005 | 14.63 |
| 2004 | 14.65 |
| 2003 | 14.68 |
| 2002 | 14.7 |
| 2001 | 14.73 |
| 2000 | 14.75 |
| 1999 | 14.8 |
| 1998 | 14.85 |
| 1997 | 14.9 |
| 1996 | 14.95 |
| 1995 | 15 |
| 1994 | 15.05 |
| 1993 | 15.1 |
| 1992 | 15.15 |
| 1991 | 15.2 |
| 1990 | 15.25 |