Forest area (% of land area) in Nepal was reported at 41.59 % in 2022, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Nepal - Forest area (% of land area) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on July of 2025.

Nepal: Forest area, percent of total land area: The latest value from 2022 is 41.6 percent, unchanged from 41.6 percent in 2021. In comparison, the world average is 32.2 percent, based on data from 191 countries. Historically, the average for Nepal from 1990 to 2022 is 40.9 percent. The minimum value, 39.7 percent, was reached in 1990 while the maximum of 41.6 percent was recorded in 2010.

Forest area (sq. km) in Nepal was reported at 59620 sq. Km in 2022, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Nepal - Forest area (sq. km) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on August of 2025.

Total Area covered by forest in different district of Nepal

Nepal NP: Forest Area data was reported at 36,360.000 sq km in 2015. This stayed constant from the previous number of 36,360.000 sq km for 2014. Nepal NP: Forest Area data is updated yearly, averaging 37,680.000 sq km from Dec 1990 (Median) to 2015, with 26 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 48,170.000 sq km in 1990 and a record low of 36,360.000 sq km in 2015. Nepal NP: Forest Area data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Nepal – Table NP.World Bank.WDI: Land Use, Protected Areas and National Wealth. 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.; ; Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.; Sum;

This dataset is about countries per year in Nepal. It has 64 rows. It features 3 columns: country, and forest area.

Nepal NP: Forest Area: % of Land Area data was reported at 25.364 % in 2015. This stayed constant from the previous number of 25.364 % for 2014. Nepal NP: Forest Area: % of Land Area data is updated yearly, averaging 26.285 % from Dec 1990 (Median) to 2015, with 26 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 33.685 % in 1990 and a record low of 25.364 % in 2015. Nepal NP: Forest Area: % of Land Area data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Nepal – Table NP.World Bank: Land Use, Protected Areas and National Wealth. 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.; ; Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.; Weighted average;

Forest rents (% of GDP) in Nepal was reported at 0.49287 % in 2021, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Nepal - Forest rents (% of GDP) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on July of 2025.

This horizontal bar chart displays forest area (km²) by demonym using the aggregation sum in Nepal. The data is filtered where the date is 2021. The data is about countries per year.

Nepal Forests With Long Term Management Plans: % of Total Forest Area data was reported at 24.230 % in 2020. This records an increase from the previous number of 20.300 % for 2015. Nepal Forests With Long Term Management Plans: % of Total Forest Area data is updated yearly, averaging 20.120 % from Dec 1990 (Median) to 2020, with 5 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 24.230 % in 2020 and a record low of 7.070 % in 1990. Nepal Forests With Long Term Management Plans: % of Total Forest Area data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Nepal – Table NP.OECD.GGI: Environmental: Forest Resources: Non OECD Member: Annual.

Forest cover for different forest management regimes in the ER Program Area, Ministry of Forests and Environment, People and Forests- A Sustainable Forest Management-Based Emission Reduction Program in the Terai Arc Landscape, September 2017

This horizontal bar chart displays forest area (km²) by region using the aggregation sum in Nepal. The data is about countries per year.

Nepal Naturally Regenerating Forests: % of Total Forest Area data was reported at 96.300 % in 2020. This stayed constant from the previous number of 96.300 % for 2015. Nepal Naturally Regenerating Forests: % of Total Forest Area data is updated yearly, averaging 96.300 % from Dec 1990 (Median) to 2020, with 5 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 98.450 % in 1990 and a record low of 96.300 % in 2020. Nepal Naturally Regenerating Forests: % of Total Forest Area data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Nepal – Table NP.OECD.GGI: Environmental: Forest Resources: Non OECD Member: Annual.

The annual land cover data of Nepal (2000-2022) have been created through the National Land Cover Monitoring System (NLCMS) for Nepal. The system uses freely available remote-sensing data (Landsat) and a cloud-based machine learning architecture in the Google Earth Engine (GEE) platform to generate land cover maps on an annual basis using a harmonized and consistent classification system.

The NLCMS is developed by the Forest Research and Training Centre (FRTC), Ministry of Forests and Environment, Government of Nepal with support from the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) through SERVIR Hindu Kush Himalaya (SERVIR-HKH), a joint initiative in partnership with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Collaborators include SERVIR–Mekong at the Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC), SilvaCarbon, Global Land Analysis and Discovery (GLAD) group at the University of Maryland, and the US Forest Service.

The annual land cover data of Nepal for 2000-2019 was first published in 2022 while the data for 2020-2022 was released in 2024.

This dataset includes georeferenced plot-level forest carbon estimates for Nepal as a supplement to a data paper submitted to the Scientific Data journal. The dataset is based on field observations from Nepal's national forest inventory from 2010 to 2014 and includes estimates for two major forest carbon pools: aboveground biomass (AGB) and soil organic carbon (SOC) stocks from 2,009 and 1,156 inventory plots, respectively. The forest AGB includes all trees within each sample plot, including standing dead and stumps, while the forest SOC stock includes the organic carbon in the 0-30 cm depth. The organic litter was excluded from the plot-level estimates of SOC due to missing records for many plots. Other analyses have reported a very low contribution of litter to the total carbon stocks in Nepal's forests (

This dataset contains the data of forest user group by development regions up to year 2072.

This line chart displays forest area (km²) by date using the aggregation sum in Nepal. The data is about countries per year.

This bar chart displays forest area (km²) by countries yearly using the aggregation sum in Nepal. The data is about countries per year.

The past few decades have seen high levels of deforestation and forest degradation in the Hindu Kush Himalayan (HKH) region. In this context, under SERVIR Himalaya programme, ICIMOD has developed forest cover monitoring system to identify forest change hotspot areas which need critical forest management attention in four pilot areas. This forest cover data of Sarlahi, Nepal for 2014 has been developed using LandSat 8 data in a semi-automated manner as part of the forest cover monitoring system.

Digital polygon dataset of Community Forest area Boundary of Kayar Khola Watershed, Chitwan, Nepal. This dataset is created using GeoEye 0.5 meter spatial resolution satellite image of November 2009 and field verified in 2010. The data was prepared for the Reducing Emission from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) Pilot Project. This is a joint project of ICIMOD with Asian Network for Sustainable Agriculture and Bioresources (ANSAB) and Federation of Community for Forest Users of Nepal (FECOFUN) funded by NORAD.