Israel vs Lebanon: Forest area
Israel
150,000 hectares
in 2025
Lebanon
141,320 hectares
in 2025
Israel rank
160th
Lebanon rank
162nd
Forest area over time
- Israel
- Lebanon
How they compare
Israel currently reports 150,000 hectares against 141,320 hectares in Lebanon, a difference of 8,680 hectares.
That makes Israel's figure about 1.1 times Lebanon's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 36 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Lebanon ahead.
Israel ranks 160th and Lebanon ranks 162nd of 235 countries.
Israel has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Israel | Lebanon | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 141,450 hectares | 138,356 hectares | 3,094 hectares | Israel |
| 2000s | 153,450 hectares | 139,331 hectares | 14,119 hectares | Israel |
| 2010s | 156,700 hectares | 140,309 hectares | 16,391 hectares | Israel |
| 2020s | 145,000 hectares | 141,080 hectares | 3,920 hectares | Israel |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher forest area, Israel or Lebanon?
- Israel, at 150,000 hectares against 141,320 hectares in Lebanon as of 2025.
- What is the difference in forest area between Israel and Lebanon?
- 8,680 hectares, with Israel ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Israel and Lebanon?
- 36 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2025.
- How do Israel and Lebanon rank globally for forest area?
- Israel ranks 160th and Lebanon ranks 162nd 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.