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Vanuatu
Forest area (% of land area)

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.

Global rank#83out of 213 countries
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Historical trend

36.327.218.19.10.0199020072023Vanuatu · 2023: 36.28%Vanuatu

Analytical takeaways

  • Vanuatu records 36.28% for Forest area (% of land area) in 2023, ranking #83 globally out of 213 countries.
  • Forest area (% of land area) has remained broadly stable near 36.28% across 1990–2023.
  • The country sits in the middle of the global distribution for this metric, making the page a balanced entry point for comparative analysis beyond the extremes.

Comparison

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