The most recent assessment, FRA 2020, examined the status of, and trends in, more than 60 forest-related variables in 236 countries and territories in the period 1990-2020. The assessment showed that although the rate of deforestation has slowed, the world's forest area continues to decrease. Key findings include:

* The world has a total forest area of 4.06 billion hectares (ha), which is 31 percent of the total land area.
* The world's forest area is decreasing, but the rate of loss has declined since 1990.
** Since 1990,