Israel vs Samoa: Forest area
Israel
150,000 hectares
in 2025
Samoa
159,760 hectares
in 2025
Israel rank
160th
Samoa rank
159th
Forest area over time
- Israel
- Samoa
How they compare
Samoa currently reports 159,760 hectares against 150,000 hectares in Israel, a difference of 9,760 hectares.
That makes Samoa's figure about 1.1 times Israel's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 36 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Samoa ahead.
Israel ranks 160th and Samoa ranks 159th of 235 countries.
Samoa has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Israel | Samoa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 141,450 hectares | 174,416 hectares | 32,966 hectares | Samoa |
| 2000s | 153,450 hectares | 169,606 hectares | 16,156 hectares | Samoa |
| 2010s | 156,700 hectares | 164,800 hectares | 8,100 hectares | Samoa |
| 2020s | 145,000 hectares | 160,960 hectares | 15,960 hectares | Samoa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher forest area, Israel or Samoa?
- Samoa, at 159,760 hectares against 150,000 hectares in Israel as of 2025.
- What is the difference in forest area between Israel and Samoa?
- 9,760 hectares, with Samoa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Israel and Samoa?
- 36 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2025.
- How do Israel and Samoa rank globally for forest area?
- Israel ranks 160th and Samoa ranks 159th 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.