Mongolia Forest Area

Mongolia’s forest area has slipped from 9.27 percent of its land in 1990, the all‑time peak, to 9.09 percent in 2025, the lowest share recorded over the 35‑year series and ranking it 166th globally. The modest decline reflects continued pressures from mining, pasture expansion and low reforestation rates in a country where forest cover is already limited by its arid climate. By comparison, Sudan’s forest share stands at 9.37 percent, slightly higher, while Somalia, Fed. Rep. records 8.92 percent, illustrating that Mongolia’s trajectory aligns with other low‑forest nations in the region. The downward movement, though numerically small, signals a persistent erosion of the forest base that could exacerbate soil degradation and reduce carbon sequestration capacity. Strengthening afforestation programmes and integrating sustainable land‑use policies could reverse the trend, potentially stabilising or modestly increasing forest cover in the coming decade.