USA: Forest area, percent

USA: Forest area, percent of total land area

: For that indicator, FAO provides data for the USA from 1990 to 2016. The average value for the USA during that period was 33.4 percent with a minumum of 33 percent in 1990 and a maximum of 33.9 percent in 2014. See the global rankings for that indicator or use the country comparator to compare trends over time.

Definition: Forest area is land 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.