Annual afforestation in Bahrain
Bahrain: Annual afforestation was 480 hectares per year in 2020. ◆ Volatile
Annual afforestation in Bahrain, 1990–2020
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in hectares per year.
Analysis
In 2020, annual afforestation in Bahrain stood at 480 hectares per year. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.
That represents a change of up 300.0% over five years.
Over the whole period, annual afforestation in Bahrain peaked at 480 hectares per year in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0 hectares per year, in 1990.
Bahrain ranks 51st of 106 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0 hectares per year | 0 hectares per year | 0 hectares per year | 1 |
| 2000s | 0 hectares per year | 0 hectares per year | 0 hectares per year | 1 |
| 2010s | 60 hectares per year | 0 hectares per year | 120 hectares per year | 2 |
| 2020s | 480 hectares per year | 480 hectares per year | 480 hectares per year | 1 |
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More environment data for Bahrain
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 64.42 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 40.55 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 0.0267 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.0006 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 22.8 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0011 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 23.99 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0473 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0135 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 1.08 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is annual afforestation in Bahrain?
- Annual afforestation in Bahrain was 480 hectares per year in 2020, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest annual afforestation recorded in Bahrain?
- The highest recorded value was 480 hectares per year in 2020.
- What is the lowest annual afforestation recorded in Bahrain?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 hectares per year in 1990.
- How does Bahrain rank for annual afforestation?
- Bahrain ranks 51st out of 106 countries with data for 2020.
- Where does this Bahrain data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Annual afforestation. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Afforestation is the establishment of forest through planting and/or deliberate seeding on land that, until then, was not classified as forest.