Forest land area as a share of country land area rose 0% to 0.634% in South Korea in 2015, according to Faostat.
Historically, forest land area as a share of country land area in South Korea reached an all time high of 0.660% in 1990 and an all time low of 0.634% in 2015. When compared to South Korea's main peers, forest land area as a share of country land area in China amounted to 0.222%, 0.418% in Dem. People's Republic of Korea, 0.685% in Japan and 0.476% in Vietnam in 2015.
South Korea has been ranked 17th within the group of 168 countries we follow in terms of forest land area as a share of country land area, 1 place below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Forest Land Area (As % of Country Land Area) | Unit | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
| Cambodia | % | 0.579% | 0.572% | 0.565% | 0.557% | 0.550% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| China | % | 0.212% | 0.214% | 0.215% | 0.217% | 0.219% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Dem. People's Republic of Korea | % | 0.481% | 0.471% | 0.460% | 0.449% | 0.439% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| India | % | 0.233% | 0.235% | 0.235% | 0.236% | 0.237% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Japan | % | 0.685% | 0.685% | 0.685% | 0.685% | 0.685% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Laos | % | 0.764% | 0.772% | 0.780% | 0.788% | 0.796% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Russia | % | 0.497% | 0.498% | 0.498% | 0.498% | 0.498% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| South Korea | % | 0.641% | 0.640% | 0.639% | 0.638% | 0.636% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Thailand | % | 0.317% | 0.318% | 0.319% | 0.319% | 0.320% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| USA | % | 0.337% | 0.337% | 0.338% | 0.338% | 0.338% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Vietnam | % | 0.449% | 0.456% | 0.460% | 0.464% | 0.468% | ... |
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