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Trees & air quality in South Korea
How much tree cover South Korea's major cities have, what their air quality is right now, and how many more trees each one needs. Every report covers the same 2 km area, so the cities compare like for like.
- Cities tracked
- 5
- National forest cover
- 64.1%vs 30% target
- Worst air right now
- South KoreaAQI 64
5 cities in South Korea
Seoul
2 km radius
Busan
2 km radius
Incheon
2 km around South Korea
Tree cover
20%
32.0K
trees needed
to reach 30%
Daegu
2 km around Jongno 1(il)-ga
Tree cover
14%
49.9K
trees needed
to reach 30%
Daejeon
2 km radius
South Korea as a whole
64.1% of South Korea was forested as of 2023, against a 30% benchmark. That already clears the benchmark — the city reports above show where cover is still thin locally. Source: World Bank (FAO).
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