Forest cover in South Korea
64.1%
% of land area · 2023
21st highest of 213 countries
In 2013: 65.2%
Nearby in the ranking
- Sweden 68.7%
- Japan 68.4%
- Congo 64.1%
- South Korea 64.1%
- Dominica 63.8%
- Fiji 63.5%
- Timor-Leste 61.7%
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About the data
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.
- Unit
- % of land area
- Years
- 1990–2023
- Data as of
- 2026-09-28
- Source
- World Bank
- License
- CC BY 4.0
- Credit
- World Bank, World Development Indicators (AG.LND.FRST.ZS), CC BY 4.0