% of land area - Source frequency: annual · Methodology · Corrections
Australia's forest area was 17.4% as of January 2023, and the trend is broadly stable. The proportion of Australia’s land area covered by forest. Forest cover is a broad indicator of land clearing and habitat. Declining forest area signals pressure on biodiversity and carbon stores. Data is sourced from World Bank (AG.LND.FRST.ZS) and updated annually.
The proportion of Australia’s land area covered by forest.
Forest cover is a broad indicator of land clearing and habitat. Declining forest area signals pressure on biodiversity and carbon stores.
Higher is better
Source: World Bank (AG.LND.FRST.ZS)
This data is sourced programmatically from official statistical APIs and data feeds (World Bank (AG.LND.FRST.ZS)), updated annually. Our pipeline fetches the machine-readable version automatically and converts it to the standardised format shown here.
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