Bahamas vs Syria: Forest area
Bahamas
509,860 hectares
in 2025
Syria
527,810 hectares
in 2025
Bahamas rank
144th
Syria rank
143rd
Forest area over time
- Bahamas
- Syria
How they compare
Syria currently reports 527,810 hectares against 509,860 hectares in Bahamas, a difference of 17,950 hectares.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 36 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Bahamas ahead.
Bahamas ranks 144th and Syria ranks 143rd of 235 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Bahamas averaged higher in 2 and Syria in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bahamas | Syria | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 509,860 hectares | 455,391 hectares | 54,469 hectares | Bahamas |
| 2000s | 509,860 hectares | 483,814 hectares | 26,046 hectares | Bahamas |
| 2010s | 509,860 hectares | 522,759 hectares | 12,899 hectares | Syria |
| 2020s | 509,860 hectares | 527,730 hectares | 17,870 hectares | Syria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher forest area, Bahamas or Syria?
- Syria, at 527,810 hectares against 509,860 hectares in Bahamas as of 2025.
- What is the difference in forest area between Bahamas and Syria?
- 17,950 hectares, with Syria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bahamas and Syria?
- 36 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2025.
- How do Bahamas and Syria rank globally for forest area?
- Bahamas ranks 144th and Syria ranks 143rd of 235 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Forest area. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
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.