What share of Earth's land surface is covered by forest?

Forests get cleared for farmland and cities every year, and the headlines about deforestation can make it feel like there's barely any left. What fraction of all land on Earth is still forest?

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About 32%, or roughly 4.14 billion hectares, close to one-third of the planet's entire land area, per the UN FAO's 2025 Global Forest Resources Assessment.

— Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Global deforestation slows, but forests remain under pressure, FAO report shows

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